STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL CHALLENGE TO PROPOSED MERGER DEFIES EVIDENCE-BASED ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AND MUST BE REJECTED-- DELAY IN CLOSING OF TRANSACTION ONLY BENEFITS BIG TECH AND HARMS CONSUMERS AND HOLLYWOOD TALENT

The deal already cleared federal regulators, but now faces a challenge from a coalition of 12 states.

A group of Democratic states is challenging Trump’s Department of Justice to block Paramount’s takeover.