Feb 13, 2026 12:58pm PT Paramount Skydance Hires Former Trump White House Lawyer as Head of Global Public Policy Rene Augustine worked with Makan Delrahim, Paramount's top lawyer, at the DOJ's Antitrust Division and most recently served in advisory roles to the Kennedy Center By Todd Spangler Plus Icon Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor xpangler Latest Paramount Skydance Hires Former Trump White House Lawyer as Head of Global Public Policy 19 minutes ago Amazon’s Ring Scraps Police-Notification Partnership After Backlash Over Super Bowl Ad About AI-Enabled Dog Finder 7 hours ago ‘The Pete Davidson Show’: SAG-AFTRA Signs Podcast Agreement With Netflix 21 hours ago See All Courtesy of Paramount Skydance As David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance continues to pursue its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the company has hired a new leader for its public policy and regulatory teams: Rene Augustine, a former attorney in President Trump’s White House and one-time deputy in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. Augustine will join Paramount Skydance on Feb.
