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US senators have asked Paramount to preserve records related to the pursuit of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) including any communications with Donald Trump as the lawmakers hinted at a "potential investigation". The development comes as the WBD board engages with Paramount in a one-week window ending February 23 that gives CEO David Ellison and his team the opportunity to state their case and present a best and final offer. Paramount recently sweetened its all-cash offer, however WBD has not wavered from its acceptance of the Netflix bid that goes to a vote of WBD shareholders on March 20. "The pattern of evasion, combined with Paramount's apparent confidence that a politically sensitive transaction will clear without difficulty warrants serious scrutiny," eight senators including Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer wrote to Ellison on Thursday...