Paramount Pays $16M to Settle Trump's 60 Minutes Lawsuit

| Importance: 7/10 | Status: confirmed

Paramount Global agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over a 2024 campaign-related ‘60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris. The settlement, viewed as a strategic move to facilitate a pending corporate transaction, involves no apology and a commitment to release future candidate interview transcripts.

Key Actors

Donald Trump Kamala Harris Paramount Global CBS News Anna Gomez

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government-contracts justice-weaponization media-manipulation election-interference

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