State AG scoffs at Trump ally’s ‘last-ditch’ attempt to ‘blackmail’ him over mega merger

Discovery gets blocked. The Trump Department of Justice greenlit the merger earlier this year, paving the way for Paramount to take over the major Hollywood studio.

“That just felt like a desperate last-ditch effort to try to blackmail my office and the other AGs who have a job to do,” Bonta said. “A duty to regulate and to blackmail us into allowing continue reading …