’60 minutes’ settlement worth a maximum of $ 35 million; Paramount denies Deal includes PSAs
Paramount Global said it would pay $ 16 million under his deal with President Donald Trump to arrange his “60 minutes” lawsuit, the legal experts said thus said that it was unfounded. But Trump claims that the scheme is actually worth at least double – and no less than $ 35 million, when invoicing in ‘advertising’. Paramount has refused the settlement to contain a provision to Air public announcements on CBS or one of his other networks.
Trump, who spoke with reporters on Joint Base Andrews on Thursday evening after his journey during a rally in Iowa, was asked about the settlement with Paramount and CBS. He claimed: “We have concluded a deal for around $ 16 million plus 16 million, or perhaps more than that in advertisements,” said a White House -Pool Report submitted at 12:55 pm et Friday by Washington Post Reporter Cat Zakrzewski. “So it’s a combination of 16 plus 16 plus. So it’s like $ 32 [million] Up to maybe $ 35 million. ”
Trump also claimed that the “60 minutes” scheme was not related to the approval of his administration of Skydance Media’s hanging acquisition of Paramount.
The president’s claim that the settlement is worth more than the announced figure of $ 16 million is incorrect, according to a source that is familiar with the situation. Neither Paramount nor Skydance Media have agreed to give Trump free advertising time, the source said. That is a New York Post on July 2 report That said, CEO of Skydance, David Ellison, had reached a “side agreement” with Trump, including CBS PSAs “and other broadcast transmissions” with a value of between $ 15 million and $ 20 million that support “conservative causes supported by President Trump.” A representative for Skydance refused to comment.
In a statement of July 2, Paramount Global said: “In contrast to some news items or media speculation, the Paramount regulation with President Trump contains no PSAs or something related to PSAs. Paramount has no knowledge of any promises or proceedings to President Trump other than those in the settlement by the Bemiddeler in the parties in the settlement in the parties in the settlement in the parties in the settlement in the batch in the parties in the settlement. Principle are yesterday. ” On Friday, a Paramount Rep did not comment outside that statement.
On June 18 in the White House, Trump did not immediately answer the question of a reporter about what the approval of the Skydance-Paramount deal has. But the president immediately started discussing his “60 minutes” lawsuit after he said that David Ellison “will do great work” as head of the merged Skydance paramount.
In the meantime, on July 1, the statement of the legal team of Trump did not contain references to PSAs as part of the agreement. “With this record scheme, President Donald J. Trump provides a new victory for the American people, because he held the fake news media responsible for their misconduct and deception,” said a representative of the legal team of Trump in the statement. “CBS and Paramount Global realized the power of this historical cause and had no choice but to settle. President Trump will always ensure that no one gets away with lying against the American people while he continues with his unique mission to greatly make America big.”
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has again increased the idea on Wednesday that the payment of Paramount to Trump represents an illegal bribery and called for an investigation into “whether or not anti-nomination laws had been violated.”
