FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Trump FCC chief in hot water after getting caught taking luxury gifts from Paramount

Two government watchdog groups have demanded investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission members violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.The com...

Watchdogs Call for Investigations Into FCC Commissioners for Taking Gala Tickets

Paramount provided the gifts while the federal agency was reviewing or about to review mergers involving the company.

FCC Commissioners Took Expensive Gifts From Paramount, Ethics Complaints Allege

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and commissioner Olivia Trusty attended the Kennedy Center Honors with tickets gifted by Paramount worth thousands, the groups allege. Two days before the event, Warner Bros. accepted a $110 billion merger bid with Paramount.

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to review megamergers involving Paramount.

Ethics Groups Say Carr and Trusty May Have Violated Gift Rules

A pair of government ethics advocacy groups are asking the FCC's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and others to look into whether two commissioners violated federal gift or gratuity rules by accepting gifts from Paramount Skydance. ...

Ethics Complaints Raised over FCC Commissioners Gifts from Paramount

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