Skydance Media has responded to an inquiry from three left-wing U.S. senators who expressed concerns about “bribery” with respect to the Trump administration’s approval of its deal to acquire Paramount Global — and had questioned whether Skydance had any part in the cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

The media company responded to senators who questioned whether they agreed to a “secret side deal” with Trump.

Skydance has responded to a series of queries from a group of Senate Democrats, declaring that it complied with anti-bribery laws as it worked to close its acquisition of Paramount Global. “Throughout its history and during the review of the proposed acquisition of Paramount,