'Secret Trump payoff': Dems suspect right-wing 'side deal' sweetened CBS merger

A trio of Democratic U.S. senators on Monday launched a probe into reports that President Donald Trump's legal team struck a secretive side deal with Skydance—the prospective owner of CBS—that includes millions of dollars worth of "broadcast transmissions" supporting right-wing causes.

In a letter to Skydance CEO David Ellison, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote that Trump himself appeared to confirm the existence of the side deal in comments...