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

to stop the purchase on antitrust grounds. Bonta says that Ellison is now threatening to leave California to stop the lawsuit.

“It didn’t work,” Bonta said. “That’s the kind of conduct you see from monopolists trying to strong-arm their way into existence and trying to get their way.”

Bonta stressed that the lawsuit is meant to stop Ellison from forming continue reading …