Antitrust lawsuit on Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is just a ploy to stoke anti-Trump hate before midterms

Charles Gasparino Business Antitrust lawsuit on Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is just a ploy to stoke anti-Trump hate before midterms By Charles Gasparino Published July 11, 2026, 8:40 p.m. ET A "Block the Merger" protest against the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount Skydance held in New York City on April 23, 2026. ZUMAPRESS.com See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Lawyers for Warner Bros. ­Discovery recently briefed top executives on the risks of an antitrust suit getting filed by some lefty state attorneys general to upend the $80 billion WBD sale to Paramount Skydance — and the operative word is “politics,” The Post has learned. The case is a dud on antitrust grounds, they said.

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