Donald Trump’s son-in-law is playing a secret role in trying to land a massive media merger, which the president has said he will himself scrutinize.

Jared Kushner’s private-equity firm, Affinity Partners, is part of a new $108.4 billion attempt by Oracle heir David Ellison, who just acquired CBS, to buy Warner Bros Discovery, a company that owns Hollywood studios, CNN, HBO, HGTV, and a vast movie and TV back catalog, Axios first reported.

If accepted, WBD would become part of Ellison’s Paramount group, which is largely backed by the vast wealth of his father, the Oracle founder Larry Ellison. Regulatory filings show the Hail Mary bid is underwritten by sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar.

The bid is a hostile takeover after WBD accepted a rival $82.7 billion

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