Former President Donald Trump won a major legal settlement with Paramount Global, CBS\u2019s parent company, over an edited 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump claimed the network altered the interview to make Harris appear smarter and more composed, giving her an unfair advantage in the presidential race. Paramount agreed to pay $16 million, covering Trump\u2019s legal fees and funding his future presidential library. Trump\u2019s legal team said, \u201cCBS and Paramount Global realized the strength of this historic case and had no choice but to settle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lawsuit focused on two versions of Harris\u2019s interview\u2014one aired on 60 Minutes and the other on Face the Nation. Trump argued CBS edited Harris\u2019s response about the Israel-Gaza conflict to hide what he called her \u201cword salad,\u201d which shielded her from criticism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CBS denied any wrongdoing, stating, \u201cThe broadcast was not doctored or deceitful.\u201d Trump himself did not participate in a 60 Minutes interview during the campaign. His lawsuit initially sought $10 billion, later increasing to $20 billion, accusing CBS of bias to \u201ctip the scales in favor of the Democratic party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case went public in October and became part of Trump\u2019s larger fight against the \u201cFake News media.\u201d His spokesperson called the settlement \u201cA win for the American people\u201d and said, \u201cPresident Trump will always ensure that no one gets away with lying to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reports suggested Paramount\u2019s settlement was influenced by ongoing merger talks with Skydance Media, which could be affected by regulatory approval. Paramount denied this, saying, \u201cThis lawsuit is completely independent and is not related to either the Skydance transaction or the Federal Communications Commission approval process.\u201d The settlement also requires 60 Minutes to release full transcripts of future presidential candidate interviews, addressing transparency concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trump\u2019s Legal Win Against CBS Former President Donald Trump won a major legal settlement with Paramount Global, CBS\u2019s parent company, over an edited 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump claimed the network altered the interview to make Harris appear smarter and more composed, giving her an unfair advantage in the presidential race….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions\/1387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}