Trump sues CBS over '60 Minutes': A battle over $10 billion (CAD 14 billion)
Donald Trump was highly critical of the news program "60 Minutes," which has attained a cult status in the United States. According to the former U.S. President, it should be "terminated." His comments stemmed from his interview with Kamala Harris, aired by "60 Minutes" in October of the previous year.
By the end of October 2024, during the intense election campaign period in the U.S., Trump sued CBS, the network that broadcasts "60 Minutes." The then-presidential candidate demanded $10 (CAD 14) billion in damages. He alleged that Kamala Harris's statements about Israel were manipulated on "60 Minutes"—they sounded different in the trailer compared to the full program.
CBS counters Trump's accusations
To counter Trump's claims, CBS published the entire, original, unedited interview on its website.
However, this did not satisfy Trump. He declared on a social media platform that the two entities "defrauded the public by doing something which has never, to this extent, been seen before."
They 100% removed Kamala’s horrible election changing answers to questions, and replaced them with completely different, and far better, answers, taken from another part of the interview - Trump said.
According to Trump, such an action amounts to election interference and "defrauded the public" to an extent "never seen before."
He also suggested that CBS should lose its license and that the lawyers of "60 Minutes" should be fired.
The network emphasized that interviews are always edited before airing. Its staff assured that changes to the interview were made with a commitment to truth and what they believed to be most informative for viewers.
Kamala Harris was responding to a question about whether "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is listening to the Biden-Harris administration." And although a shorter answer was eventually aired, "each excerpt reflects the substance of the vice president's answer."
However, according to "Independent," CBS is considering offering a settlement to the former U.S. President.
The CBS program "60 Minutes" has been on television since 1968.
