Two House Democrats said they would examine whether Paramount Global and Skydance Media accepted “illegitimate demands” from President Donald Trump to secure approval of their July merger. Representatives Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Frank Pallone of New Jersey pointed to a financial settlement Paramount reached with the president shortly before the merger was approved and a statement Trump made that Skydance agreed to provide him with millions of dollars worth of free public service announcements.

Paramount is moving forward with plans to lay off thousands of employees following its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, according to numerous reports on Friday.