Trump could be on verge of legal victory against CBS as settlement speculation heats up

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'Trump is committed to holding those who traffic in deception and fake 
news accountable,' the president's attorney says

President Donald Trump may be on the verge of another legal victory.

In October, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News alleging 
election interference over its handling of the "60 Minutes" interview with 
then-Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the network of aiding his 
Democratic rival through deceptive editing.

Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that CBS parent 
company Paramount Global was considering settling the suit ahead of a 
planned merger that ultimately must pass muster with the new Trump 
administration. 

The New York Times reported on Thursday night that "settlement discussions 
between representatives of Paramount and Mr. Trump are now underway," 
citing "three people with knowledge of the talks." 

TRUMP SUES CBS NEWS FOR $10 BILLION ALLEGING 'DECEPTIVE DOCTORING' OF 
HARRIS' '60 MINUTES' INTERVIEW

The Donald Trump campaign released a scathing statement in response to a 
defiant "60 Minutes" comment about its controversial edit of its interview 
with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month, saying the show had 
essentially admitted to making her sound better and calling on the CBS 
show to release a full transcript of the interview.
President Trump and others were not pleased with CBS News’ "60 Minutes" 
over the controversial edit of its interview with then-Vice President 
Kamala Harris. (Left: (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images), Center: 
Screenshot/60Minutes, Right: (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images))

The Times added that there is "no assurance" the talks will result in a 
deal but "Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder, strongly 
supports the effort to settle." 

"Many executives at CBS’s parent company, Paramount, believe that settling 
the lawsuit would increase the odds that the Trump administration does not 
block or delay their planned multibillion-dollar merger with another 
company, according to several people with knowledge of the matter," the 
Times reported. 

The Wall Street Journal previously suggested Paramount honchos wanted to 
reach a deal ahead of a merger with Skydance Media.

Ed Paltzik, an attorney for President Trump, said CBS needs to be held 
accountable. 

"President Donald J. Trump is committed to holding those who traffic in 
deception and fake news accountable. CBS and its parent company Paramount 
deceived the American People by unlawfully tampering with their interview 
of Kamala Harris, and then hiding the transcript from the public in an 
attempt to save the failing, and now failed, Harris campaign, all in 
desperate commercial pursuit of increased profit and viewership," Paltzik 
told Fox News Digital. 

"Real accountability for CBS and Paramount will ensure that the President 
is compensated for the harm done to him, and will deter the Fake News from 
further distorting the facts to advance a partisan agenda," Paltzik 
continued. "President Trump looks forward to seeing this case through to a 
just conclusion."

CBS NEWS STATEMENT ON CONTROVERSIAL ’60 MINUTES’ EDIT FALLS FLAT ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA: 'PUBLISH. THE. TRANSCRIPT.'

Trump 60 Minutes
In October, President Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News 
alleging election interference over its handling of the "60 Minutes" 
interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the network of 
aiding his Democratic rival through deceptive editing. (AP Photo/Carlos 
Osorio; Screenshot/CBS News)

Trump’s lawsuit focused on an exchange Harris had with "60 Minutes" 
correspondent Bill Whitaker. In a preview clip that aired on "Face the 
Nation," Harris was asked why it seemed like Israeli Prime Minister 
Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the U.S. 

"Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of 
movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by, or a 
result of, many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in 
the region," Harris responded in the "Face the Nation" clip. 

Harris was mocked by conservatives for offering a lengthy "word salad" to 
Whitaker. But when that same question aired the following night in the 
primetime election special, a shorter, more focused answer from the vice 
president followed.

"We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States 
to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end," Harris 
said in the primetime special.

Critics accused CBS News of editing Harris' "word salad" answer to shield 
the vice president from further backlash. Trump lawyers argue that news 
organizations "are responsible for accurately representing the truth of 
events, not distorting an interview to try and falsely make their 
preferred candidate appear coherent and decisive, which Kamala most 
certainly is not."

CBS News and Paramount did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's 
requests for comment. 

TRUMP SENDS LETTER TO CBS DEMANDING UNEDITED ‘60 MINUTES’ HARRIS 
TRANSCRIPT, TEASES POTENTIAL LAWSUIT

Harris 60 Minutes
Bill Whitaker’s "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris 
is at the center of a high-stakes lawsuit.  (Screenshots/CBS News)

CBS News previously refused to release the full transcript, citing the 
First Amendment, and rejected the assertion that it had "doctored" the 
Harris interview to mislead the American people. The network insisted that 
"the interview was not doctored" and that the program "did not hide any 
part of the vice president’s answer to the question at issue." 

CBS settlement speculation comes just weeks after ABC News settled its 
defamation lawsuit filed by Trump, resulting in giving him $15 million and 
a written apology. 


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November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump.  We look 
forward to America being great again.

The disease known as Kamala Harris has been effectively treated and 
eradicated.

We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that 
stupid people won't be offended.

Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem.  It has none.

Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden 
fiasco, President Trump.  

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the 
The World According To Garp.  Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood 
queer liberal democrat donors.