Wednesday, July 23, 2025

CBS election interference

Trump scores $36MILLION in 'big win' settlement with CBS 60 Minutes over edited Kamala Harris interview

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he had reached a settlement with CBS and Paramount triggered by a 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

'We have just achieved a BIG AND IMPORTANT WIN in our Historic Lawsuit against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'Just like ABC and George Slopadopoulos, CBS and its Corporate Owners knew that they defrauded the American People, and were desperate to settle.'

Trump said that Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes paid $16 million in the settlement and anticipated an additional $20 million from the new owners of CBS in advertising, PSAs or similar programming

'This is another in a long line of VICTORIES over the Fake News Media, who we are holding to account for their widespread fraud and deceit,' Trump wrote. 'The Wall Street Journal, The Failing New York Times, The Washington Post, MSDNC, CNN, and all other Mainstream Media Liars, are ON NOTICE that the days of them being allowed to deceive the American People are OVER.'

Trump famously protested the 60 Minutes interview of Harris with host Bill Whitaker after it was revealed that one of the vice president's lengthy spiraling answers on Israel was edited for the public broadcast. 

In protest, he filed a $20 billion lawsuit to challenge CBS and 60 Minutes, arguing that the show's producers purposefully edited the interview to make Harris look better and sway the presidential election.

CBS argued that their edits were part of the normal editorial process. 

After Trump won the election and became president the Federal Communications Commission ordered for the original video and transcripts to be made public.


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