Trump honored to sue 60 minutes, CBS; Insists on FCC to impose maximum fines
President Donald Trump has again “60 minutes” and CBS in an anger of the truth socially beaten in the midst of his $ 20 billion lawsuit on the interview for the elections of the news program with Kamala Harris.
In a message on Sunday evening, Trump took out the latest episode of “60 minutes”, with an interview with the Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zelesnkyy and a segment about the president’s interest to acquire Greenland.
“Almost every week, 60 minutes, which is charged for billions of dollars for the fraud they have committed in the 2024 presidential elections with their interview with failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris, mentions the name ‘Trump’ in a different and defamatory way, but this weekend is Trump,” “Trump,” “Trump,” “Trump. wrote about truth social. He continued to claim that the war in Ukraine “would never have happened if the 2020 elections had not been rigged, in other words, if I was president” and said that the story about Greenland “our country, as led by me, was false, inaccurate and fraudulent.”
He continued: “I am so honored to sue 60 minutes, CBS Fake News and Paramount, about their fraudulent, unrecognizable, reporting.”
Representatives for CBS and “60 minutes” did not respond immediately VarietyThe request for comments.
Trump has sued CBS, owned by Paramount, a few days before the November elections, claiming that the interview with “60 minutes” with Harris had been deceptively edited and therefore violated a Texas Consumer Protection Law. He then expanded the court case earlier this year, claiming that he had an additional claim under the Federal Lanham Act and was looking for at least $ 20 billion in compensation. In March, Paramount and CBS submitted two motions to throw away the lawsuit and to call it an ‘insult to the first amendment’. And on 7 April their lawyers submitted another motion to ask the claimants to produce the requested documents that were requested in the discovery.
“Despite their insistence that the discovery is progressing, the claimants have shown very little desire to produce their own documents, to rely on unfounded objections and delay tactics,” said the legal team of Paramount and CBS.
Last week it was reported that lawyers for Paramount Global and Trump had agreed a mediator to pursue a scheme in the court case. In the meantime, Paramount tries to merge with Skydance Media, a movement that is still awaiting approval by the FCC. The Commissioner of the Agency, Brendan Carr, appointed by Trump, has said that the “60 minutes” case will be a consideration in the assessment of the merger.
In an earlier statement, however, a Paramount Global spokesperson said that Trump’s “60 minutes” lawsuit “is completely separate from and is not related to the Skydance transaction and the FCC approval process. We will adhere to the legal process to defend our case.”
In his truth social post, Trump said that he hopes that the FCC will “impose the maximum fines and punishment, which is considerable, because of their illegal and illegal behavior. CBS is out of hand, at levels that have never been seen before, and they would have to pay a big price for this.”
Trump’s Tirade is because he is confronted with recoil for imposing rates for goods from countries around the world, including a maximum of 145% on those from China. Although the president has argued that this will protect the American jobs and stimulate production, it has sent the world economy in a downward play.
