Senators Ask DOJ for “Non-Biased” Review of Any Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Amid “Cloud of Political Favoritism and Corruption”

Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter late last night to President Trump's top antitrust enforcer, Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater, raising concerns about a potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery and demanding that any deal review be "conducted transparently, independently, and in accordance with federal antitrust and anti-corruption laws - not politics."

According to the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Warren, Sanders and Blumenthal want a tough review of any deal on antitrust grounds, while also noting that any deal would come "under a cloud of political favoritism and corruption."

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