FCC dissent attributed the approval sequence to administration pressure
Reporting and findings
- documented
Commissioner Anna Gomez dissented from FCC 25-43 and characterized the approval as following Paramount's settlement payout and other concessions, accusing the FCC and the Trump administration of pressure; those assertions were her dissenting assessment, not findings adopted by the Commission majority.
- Federal Communications Commission: Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Paramount Global, FCC 25-43Statement of Commissioner Anna M. Gomez, page 29
Summary and current status
Commissioner Anna Gomez's statement is preserved as an attributed dissent, not as a finding of the Commission majority.
Official dissent; not a majority finding
People and organizations
- Federal Communications Commissioncommission issuing majority order and dissent
- Donald J. Trumppresident whose administration the dissent criticized
- Paramount Skydance Corporationtransaction parties discussed in dissent
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpcommissioner dissent alleged administration pressureFederal Communications Commission
- Donald J. Trumptransaction approval criticized in official FCC dissentParamount Skydance Corporation