Three Senate liberals are questioning Paramount Global, parent company of CBS News, about its reported efforts to settle a $20 billion lawsuit with President Donald Trump, raising concerns about the appearance of bribery, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, sent a letter to Paramount Chair Shari Redstone amid reports that the company is angling toward settling the lawsuit with Trump, according to the Journal.

At issue for the senators is whether Paramount is settling in order to grease the skids on its merger with Skydance Media. The lawmakers wrote that Paramount “may be engaging in improper conduct involving the Trump Administration in exchange for approval of its merger with Skydance Media,” the Journal reported.

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