Paramount global Said it will pay $ 16 million to the President Donald Trump To settle a case “60 minutes“Betting that the payment will help in the fate of the company and will speed up a planned deal with Skydance Media, even though it can risk tarnishing one of the most stored brands of media veteran company.
Paramount said in a statement on Wednesday evening that he had agreed to pay $ 16 million to President Trump to accuse him of his case. CBSAn interview with Kamla Harris and “60 minutes” of an interview and misleading editing American voters, even though both company and legal experts said that Trump’s position in the case was weak.
In this case, there was a “60 minute” interview between correspondent Bill Whitekar and former Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris, which was presented on CBS in the leading days in the 2024 election. Trump charges, filed In November in the federal court in the northern district of TexasClaimed that “60 minutes” tried to mislead voters by broadcasting two separate editing of the remarks made in the interview with Harris, then Trump’s rival to the White House. CBS has demanded to throw the caseThe Federal Communications Commission later opened an inquiry into the case, and the CBS and Trump lawyers engaged an intermediary. Paramount has set its annual corporate meeting with investors for Wednesday, where new directors are expected to elect.
CBS News got angry and disappointed by dealing with the company’s caseIn “60 minutes”, top producers felt paramount overseas, including controlling shareholder Sheri Redstone, began to involve themselves in the show’s editing process and the selection of the story, even asking the news leaders whether to run some stories to analyze Trump’s recent policies. Bill Owens, only the third executive manufacturer of the respected newsmagzine, Announced that he would leave the show in April, And CBS Executive who oversees its National News Division and local stations, Wendy McMahon came out in May.
According to Paramount, settlement “does not include a statement of forgiveness or regrets,” and this decision can help the company navigate what its bad reactions are likely to be from its news workers. In “60 minutes”, CBS news staff, producers and reporters have clarified that ideas about the show offering forgiveness to an interview with Harris at an important moment will be orphans for anyone in journalism. Trump rejected the opportunity to participate in an interview with the show before the election.
Any money “President Trump will not be paid directly or indirectly,” but instead will go to its presidential library. The company also agreed that its respected newsmagzine in the future, after the circulation of such interviews, will release the interview tapes with the eligible US presidential candidates, “subjected to the essentials for legal or national security concerns.”
Trump’s legal team said in a statement that Paramount Global and CBS “realized the strength of this historical matter and had no choice but to settle.”
Other large -scale media companies have kowtowed for Trump in a bid to disappear legal pressures. Disney agreed later last year To settle $ 15 million for Donald Trump’s President Library After the anchor, George Stephanopolos incorrectly stated in March 2024 that Trump was the author e. Jean was found responsible for raping Carol in a court case.
The disposal can prepare Trump to engage further litigation against media companies, whose coverage he dislikes. Last week, A Trump’s lawyer threatened to sue New York Times and CNN In his reports about the initial assessment of the Pentagon, the US bomb blasts of the Iranian nuclear sites returned the country’s nuclear weapons program from “a few months”, while Trump claimed that Iran’s facilities “were completely diagnosed.”
In a third case in which Trump is targeting a news outlet, President Case prosecuted against Des Moise Register and Pollter N Selzer on Monday (30 June) Left his federal suit in Iowa State Court as well as. Trump alleged that the newspaper’s pole showed him out of three points in Iowa, leaving behind Harris (a kingdom he won by 13 points) represents consumer fraud. A representative for the Des Mine Register said that the paper “will continue to oppose the sportsmanship of President Trump’s litigation and believes that it would be successful in defending its rights under the first amendment regardless of the platform.”
In May, three left-wing American Senator-Elizabeth Warren, Burney Sanders and Ron Widen-Nar Warned that the President has a disposal payment by Paramount An illegal bribe will be the sameBut it is beyond comprehension that the Department of Justice Administration will further push the charge of such bribery.
Tusrap Case filed a few days before 2024 presidential electionThe Texas Consumer Protection Act was violated by misleading voters, alleging CBS’s “60 min” interview with Harris. His suit initially asked for $ 10 billion in the loss. In February, President Complaint amended in search of at least $ 20 billionTrump has claimed that Edit appeared to Harris “more President” Emphasis on this This is “the biggest broadcast scam in history !!!”
Prior to settlement, Paramount and CBS argued that they did nothing wrong. In March 2025 proposal to dismiss Trump’s suit, Paramount called legal action “An impressed for the first amendment” This is “without base in law or fact.” Company Repeated that situation in north of 23 June Trump’s speed to deny the steps of paramount to dismiss the complaint. CBS News has said that the “60 minutes” broadcasting and promotion of Harris interview was not a doctored or fraud. “
On May 28, Trump’s lawyers claimed that “60 minutes” editing “of Harris interview, protesting the proposal of Paramount to dismiss the lawsuit. “Consumers led to widespread confusion and mental anguish,” Trump and his co-plainfe, rape Ronnie Jackson (R-Texas). Commercial speech, including CBS’s “conduct, news deformation, was formed, which cannot be formed by any proper interpretation, and that speech has damaged the plaintiff,” the filing said. “The fact that such commercial speeches were released by a news organization, do not insulating defendants by liabilities under the first amendment.” Paramount and CBS said that Trump was No evidence of the material “60 minutes”, represented “commercial speech”.
The $ 8 billion paramount-shydance deal is currently pending FCC approval. Under the deal, in July 2024, again declared after the on-off-baron months of talks, Skydance, Larry Ellison (father of Skydance CEO David Ellison) and Redbird Capital Redstone’s NAI (which is owned by 77% of the voting power in the paramount global) will be purchased on which the skids will buy a scholarly. “Redstone is ready to obtain $ 1.75 billion cash on closing the Skydance deal.
FCC President appointed by Trump Brendon car has maintained the agency’s paramount-shydance approval which is not associated with the President’s “60 minutes” trialLast November, he said in a Fox News interview that a conservative group “News deformation” complaint The Harris Interview against CBS more than “60 minutes” was likely to arise in the context of FCC review (Paramount-Skidance) transaction. ” Paramount Global earlier stated that Trump’s suit “Skydance transactions and FCC are completely different from the process, and unrelated.”
At the White House on 18 June, Trump did not directly answer a reporter’s question as to what is the approval of the Skydance-Permouse deal. But the President immediately started discussing his “60 minutes” trial, after saying that Skidan CEO David Ellison “A great job will work” Merged Skidans-Paramount as Head of Global.
Trump’s trial caused significant upheaval within CBS News and the original company Paramount. On May 19, CBS News President Wendy McMahon announced his resignationWriting employees in a memorandum “It is clear that the company and I do not agree on the ahead.” The executive manufacturer of “60 minutes” came less than a month later Bill Owens leftAlso citing conflict with paramount executed. The departure of McMahon and Owens has been widely seen as stems from Paramount officials – in the direction of Redstone – more closely monitoring the CBS news operations amid a legal battle with Trump.
in February, Redstone had asked the Paramount board to resolve Trump’s trial, including the possibility of arbitration., Diversity Reported. Redstone reusted himself with a board discussion about an agreement with Trump.
Trump, on his truth social media account in April, His case against CBS was “a true winner” And incorrectly claimed that paramount, CBS and “60 minutes” accepted the “this crime” to the answer of Harris. Trump alleged that “60 minutes” edited the interview to end the interview “bad and incompetent” response to the interview whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was listening to the Biden-Hyris administration. ” Trump emphasized the “60 minutes” version of the interview, which “cheated and American people had never seen before in the political field.”
In response to FCC requestCBS News made an united transcript of “60 minutes” interview with Harris, which publicly broadcast on October 6, 2024 this link) And that the materials have shown that “repeatedly for the public with frequent assurances,” broadcast “was not doctured or fraud.”
Trump was focused on the claims of the lawsuit One exchange In which “60 minutes” correspondent Bill Whitekar asked Harris about the relationship of Biden administration with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. CBS News broadcast a long portion of Harris’s response on 6 October on “Face the Nation”, while the next day the “60 minute” segment included a short fraction from the same answer. CBS News said in a statement, “Each part reflects the substance of the Vice President’s answer.”
Below is the united part of the “60 minutes” exchange, As released by CBSThat Trump’s trial continues. During the interview, Whitekar asked Harris, “Does America (Israel) have no dominance over Prime Minister Netanyahu?” And then this follow -up question asked:
Whitekar: But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening. “The Wall Street Journal” said that he – that your administration has been blinded by Netanyahu repeatedly, and in fact, he has just reprimanded all the entrances of your administration.
Harris: Okay, Bill, as a result of the work we have done, many movements were made as a result of many movements by Israel, which needed to be in this field, as a result of many things, including our advocacy, or the result of many things. And we are not going to stop doing so. We are not going to close it to end this war where we stand on the need of this war to be clear about what we need for the United States.
On the 6 October edition of “Face the Nation”, that exchange was edited on it:
Whitekar: But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.
Harris: Okay, Bill, as a result of the work we have done is the result of many movements by Israel in that area, which needed to be in this field, for this, many things were indicated by many things including our advocacy.
On the “60 minute” segment to be aired on 7 October, the conversation on it was edited:
Whitekar: But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.
Harris: We are not going to stop chasing where we stand on the need to end this war to be clear about the United States.
