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Rob Bonta Photographer: Jason Henry/Bloomberg

June 18, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTC

Updated on June 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC

California Attorney General Rob Bonta criticized the Trump administration for clearing Paramount Skydance Corp. ’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. , as several states mull a possible challenge to the deal.

Bonta said in an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday that he believes federal antitrust enforcers have given up their traditional approach to merger reviews.