Donald Trump heaped praise on the new owner of CBS, saying Paramount chief executive David Ellison is a “great man” whom he knows “very well,” adding that Ellison is “going to do the right thing” with the network.
The president’s Friday remarks come a day after House Democrats launched an investigation into the politically fraught $8 billion merger between Paramount and Ellison’s Skydance, which was approved by the Trump administration shortly after the president extracted a $16 million settlement in his “meritless” lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.
