Trump Wins $16 Million in Paramount Settlement Over Kamala Harris Interview | The American Spectator

Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS and 60 Minutes, has agreed to settle with President Donald Trump over a deceptively edited interview with then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris. 

Trump filed the civil suit in April, at the time suing for $20 billion. He stated in an April 13 Truth Social post, “I am so honored to be suing 60 Minutes, CBS Fake News, and Paramount, over their fraudulent, beyond recognition, reporting.”

A spokesperson for the president stated, “CBS and Paramount Global realized the strength of this historic case and had no choice but to settle,” adding that, “President Trump will always ensure that no one gets away with lying to the American people.”

The initial suit alleged that CBS and Paramount aired two substantially different versions of Vice President Kamala Harris’s response to the same question about the Israel-Hamas war — one on Face the Nation, another on 60 Minutes.

He sued under consumer protection law in Texas, and asserted that CBS’s editing constituted “false, misleading or deceptive acts in commerce,” misrepresenting the content to viewers.

Trump additionally accused CBS of violating the FCC’s rule against news distortion (47 U.S.C. § 309(a)) by altering a significant interview during an election cycle. Trump’s civil complaint states, “To paper over Kamala’s ‘word salad’ weakness, CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news.”

Trump’s lawyers also stated that “Millions of Americans, including residents of Texas and this District, were confused and misled by the two doctored Interview versions.”

The $16 million settlement represents a victory in Trump’s long litigation history with the media. Since 2015, he has sued the Washington Post, CNN, Univision, and the New York Times.

The settlement money will not go to Trump directly, but to his presidential library. Paramount noted that the settlement would not contain any apology or admission of wrongdoing. The chief executive of CBS News, Wendy McMahon, opposed settling the suit.

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