David Ellison, Paramount CEO, arrives on the red carpet in 2025 for the Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. House Democrats, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are escalating scrutiny of Ellison's planned Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are escalating their criticism of Paramount Skydance's attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, with one lawmaker accusing the Paramount CEO of "colluding" with President Donald Trump and his administration.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, sent Paramount CEO David Ellison, a letter Wednesday, inviting him for an interview to "answer the committee's questions about your Donald Trump-enabled shopping spree to consolidate news organizations, movie studios, cable channels and streaming stations."
Raskin opened his letter referring to a New York Times opinion piece by Ellison in which the CEO defended the deal and said he would stay silent "no more."
"This is great news," Raskin wrote. "Over the past 12 months, I have sent you four letters. You have responded to none of them."
