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Paramount Skydance Hires Former Trump White House Lawyer and DOJ Antitrust Official as Head of Global Public Policy

By Todd Spangler Feb 13, 2026 | 2:58 PM

As David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance continues to pursue its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the company has hired a new leader for its public policy and regulatory teams: Rene Augustine, a former attorney in President Trump’s White House and one-time deputy in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. Augustine will join Paramount Skydance on […]