Trump, CBS parent company set for mediation in $20 billion ’60 Minutes’ lawsuit
CBS parent company Paramount Global and President Donald Trump are set to begin mediation in his billion vote interference lawsuit Fox News Digital has endorsed Trump is seeking billion in a lawsuit against CBS alleging electoral process interference over its handling of a Minutes interview last year with Vice President Kamala Harris The president has accused CBS of aiding his Democratic opponent through deceptive editing one month before they faced off in the presidential referendum The saga began when Harris was widely mocked for a word salad answer she gave to Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker during a preview of the interview on Face the Nation and CBS then aired a different answer to the same question during a primetime special The upcoming mediation which was first stated by The New York Times is designed to help the sides reach a settlement TRUMP'S LAWSUIT AGAINST CBS EXPANDS AFTER RELEASE OF ' MINUTES' TRANSCRIPT ADDS PARAMOUNT AS DEFENDANT President Trump is committed to holding those who traffic in fake news hoaxes and lies to account CBS and Paramount committed the worst kind of referendum interference and fraud in the closing days of the majority of crucial presidential polling in history President Trump will pursue this vital matter to its just and rightful conclusion Ed Paltzik attorney for President Trump stated Fox News Digital CBS and Paramount Global did not straightaway respond to a request for comment Trump s legal group previously requested all documents in CBS Interactive s possession custody or control wherever located including documents in the possession of its representatives attorneys or other persons directly or indirectly retained by CBS Interactive or anyone else acting on its behalf or otherwise subject to its control pertaining to the Minutes interview The demand included all communications between CBS and the Federal Communications Commission FCC the Biden administration the Harris campaign and the DNC from Sept through Feb CBS STAFFERS UPSET OVER MINUTES DRAMA ADMIT KAMALA HARRIS INTERVIEW EDITS WERE AN UNFORCED ERROR Any communications pertaining to the lawsuit between CBS and Paramount employees have also been requested along with any communications about advertising or commercials during the programs that aired the Harris interview Critics accused CBS News of editing Harris' word salad answer to shield the former vice president from further backlash Earlier this year FCC Chair Brendan Carr ordered CBS News to hand over the unedited transcript as part of its inspection into whether the configuration violated the FCC's news distortion framework after a complaint was filed CBS had refused to release the unedited transcript until the FCC got involved TRUMP AMPS UP THE PRESSURE ON CBS WITH MASSIVE DISCOVERY DEMAND AS ' MINUTES' LAWSUIT MOVES FORWARDThe raw transcript and footage demonstrated CBS News had aired only the first half of Harris' response to Whitaker's question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not listening to the Biden administration in a preview clip that aired on Face the Nation but aired only the second half of her response during the primetime special Trump's attorneys amended its lawsuit to include multiple excerpts from the unedited transcript in hopes of bolstering their episode that CBS News withheld unflattering exchanges in order to help the Democratic nominee CBS and its parent company Paramount Global have insisted the infrastructure did nothing wrong Paramount Global is reportedly considering settling the suit ahead of a planned merger with Skydance Media in hopes of preventing possible retribution by Trump's FCC which has the authority to halt the multibillion-dollar transaction Fox News Digital s Joseph A Wulfsohn and Brooke Singman contributed to this statement
