President Trump said his $20 billion lawsuit against Paramount Global and CBS, which alleges “60 Minutes” deceptively edited an interview last fall with then-VP Kamala Harris, is “a true WINNER.” He claimed that Paramount, CBS and “60 Minutes” admitted to committing “this crime” of editing Harris’ answer to eliminate her “bad and incompetent” response, which he asserted “cheated and defrauded the American People at levels never seen before in the Political Arena.”
In fact, Paramount and CBS have argued that they did nothing wrong in the matter — and have called Trump’s suit “an affront to the First Amendment” that is “without basis in law or fact.” CBS News has maintained that the “60 Minutes” broadcast and promotion of the Harris interview was “not doctored or deceitful.”
Trump’s comments came as the president’s lawyers and Paramount Global‘s legal team were said to be starting mediation Wednesday to determine a potential resolution to the lawsuit. Paramount’s board outlined “acceptable financial terms for a potential settlement with the president” at an April 18 meeting, according to a New York Times report, which did not include details of the dollar amount the company has allegedly settled on.
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