CBS says it is going to flip over an unedited transcript of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Fee, a part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing combat with the community over the way it dealt with a narrative about his opponent.
Trump sued CBS for $10 billion over the “60 Minutes” interview, claiming it was deceptively edited to make Harris look good. Revealed reviews mentioned CBS’ guardian firm, Paramount, has been speaking to Trump’s legal professionals a few settlement.
The community mentioned Friday that it was compelled by Brendan Carr, Trump’s appointee as FCC chairman, to show over the transcripts and digicam feeds of the interview for a parallel investigation by the fee. “60 Minutes” has resisted releasing transcripts for this and all of its interviews, to keep away from second-guessing of its enhancing course of.
The case, notably a possible settlement, is being carefully watched by advocates for press freedom and by journalists inside CBS, whose legal professionals referred to as Trump’s lawsuit “fully with out benefit” and promised to vigorously combat it after it was filed.
The Harris interview initially drew consideration as a result of CBS Information confirmed Harris giving fully completely different responses to a query posed by correspondent Invoice Whitaker in clips that had been aired on “Face the Nation” on Oct. 6 and the subsequent evening on “60 Minutes.” The community mentioned every clip got here from a prolonged response by Harris to Whitaker’s query, however they had been edited to suit time constraints on each broadcasts.
In his lawsuit, filed in Texas on Nov. 1, Trump charged it was misleading enhancing designed to learn Harris and constituted “partisan and illegal acts of voter interference.”
Trump, who turned down a request to be interviewed by “60 Minutes” through the marketing campaign, has continued his combat regardless of profitable the election lower than every week after the lawsuit was filed.
The community has not commented on talks a few potential settlement, reported by the Wall Road Journal and New York Instances. Paramount executives are searching for Trump administration approval of a sale of the corporate to a different leisure agency, Skydance.
ABC Information in December settled a defamation lawsuit by Trump over statements made by anchor George Stephanopoulos, agreeing to pay $15 million towards Trump’s presidential library slightly than interact in a public combat. Meta has reportedly paid $25 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit in opposition to the corporate over its determination to droop his social media accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol.
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This story was first revealed on Jan. 31, 2025. It was up to date on Feb. 1, 2025, to right the quantity of damages President Donald Trump is searching for in his lawsuit in opposition to CBS. He’s searching for $10 billion, not $10 million.