By Mike Swift ( August 18, 2025, 05:00 GMT | Insight) -- In an emotional speech, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser blasted the regulatory climate of Washington DC as undermining the rule of law in the US. A Democrat who has made a point of fostering bipartisan, multistate relationships to bring antitrust and children’s privacy suits against the likes of Google and Meta Platforms, Weiser said cases such as the Federal Communications Commission's decision to put non-economic conditions on the approval of Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global "goes smack against what the FCC was set up to do,"Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who led bipartisan, multistate relationships to bring antitrust and children’s privacy suits against the likes of Google and Meta Platforms, blasted the regulatory climate in Washington DC today as undermining the rule of law in the US....
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