US senators warn Paramount's Shari Redstone that settling Trump's CBS lawsuit could be ‘bribery'
Paramount Global is facing fresh heat from Capitol Hill over its talks to settle a $20 billion defamation lawsuit brought by President Trump against CBS News — with three left-leaning US senators warning that a deal could potentially violate US anti-bribery laws.In a letter sent Tuesday night to Paramount Chair Shari Redstone, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) warned that Paramount “may be engaging in improper conduct involving the Trump administration in exchan ...