Trump reportedly rejects Paramount's $15 million offer to settle CBS News lawsuit, demands apology

President Donald Trump and Paramount Global are reportedly inactive astatine an impasse arsenic they effort to resoluteness his $20 cardinal suit against the institution done mediation. 

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Trump rejected a $15 cardinal connection to settee his lawsuit. The president's ineligible squad is allegedly demanding astatine slightest $25 cardinal and an apology from CBS News. His squad is besides threatening different lawsuit, according to the report. 

Trump's lawyer did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. Paramount declined to comment. 

‘60 MINUTES’ STAFF STAND BY KAMALA HARRIS INTERVIEW AT THE CENTER OF TRUMP'S MAJOR PARAMOUNT LAWSUIT

President Donald Trump reportedly rejected a $15 cardinal connection by Paramount Global to settee his $20 cardinal suit against the company. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Last October, Trump sued CBS News and Paramount for $10 cardinal implicit allegations of predetermination interference involving the "60 Minutes" interrogation of then-Vice President Kamala Harris that aired weeks earlier the statesmanlike predetermination (the magnitude has since jumped to $20 billion).

The suit alleges CBS News deceitfully edited an speech Harris had with "60 Minutes" analogous Bill Whitaker, who asked her wherefore Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn't "listening" to the Biden administration. Harris was wide mocked for the "word salad" reply that aired successful a preview clip of the interrogation connected "Face the Nation." 

However, erstwhile the aforesaid question aired during a primetime peculiar connected the network, Harris had a different, much concise response. Critics astatine the clip accused CBS News of deceitfully editing Harris' "word salad" answer to shield the Democratic nominee from further backlash starring up to Election Day.

The earthy transcript and footage released earlier this twelvemonth by the FCC showed that some sets of Harris' comments came from the aforesaid response, but CBS News had aired lone the archetypal fractional of her effect successful the "Face the Nation" preview clip and aired the 2nd fractional during the primetime special. 

CBS News has denied immoderate wrongdoing and stands by the broadcast and its reporting. 

‘60 MINUTES’ PRODUCERS RAIL AGAINST TRUMP'S 'BULLS---' LAWSUIT, DREAD PROSPECTS OF PARAMOUNT MAKING SETTLEMENT

Bill Whitaker’s "60 Minutes" interrogation with then-Vice President Kamala Harris is astatine the halfway of a high-stakes lawsuit.  (Screenshots/CBS News)

Shari Redstone, Paramount's controlling shareholder who recused herself from colony discussions successful February, made wide that she wanted to settee Trump's suit successful hopes of clearing the pathway for Paramount's multibillion-dollar planned merger with Skydance Media, which seeks support from the Trump administration's FCC. 

However, determination has been newsroom play successful caller months involving Redstone's efforts to "keep tabs" connected the network's reporting of Trump, astatine slightest until the merger closes. That led to the abrupt resignation of "60 Minutes" enforcement shaper Bill Owens, who claimed helium could nary longer support editorial independence.  

Also fueling colony rumors was past week's ousting of CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon, who cited disagreement with the institution down her departure.  

CBS NEWS STAFFERS RATTLED BY CEO'S ABRUPT EXIT AS TRUMP LAWSUIT LOOMS OVER NETWORK

Bill Owens, Wendy McMahon, Cecilia Vega and Scott Pelley astatine the CBS autumn docket solemnisation held astatine Paramount Studios connected May 2, 2024, successful Los Angeles, California. Owens and McMahon some resigned from CBS this twelvemonth portion Pelley blasted Trump astatine a commencement address. (Getty Images)

CBS News journalists stay defiant, including "60 Minutes" analogous Scott Pelley, who went viral with his commencement code astatine Wake Forest University repeatedly slamming Trump arsenic good arsenic his lawsuit.

"Why onslaught universities? Why onslaught journalism? Because ignorance works for power," Pelley told Wake Forest graduates. "First, marque the information seekers unrecorded successful fear, writer the journalists and their companies for nothing. Then, nonstop masked agents to abduct a assemblage student who wrote an editorial successful her assemblage insubstantial defending Palestinian rights and nonstop her to a situation successful Louisiana charged with nothing. Then determination to destruct the instrumentality firms that basal up for the rights of others."

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"With that done, powerfulness tin rewrite past with grotesque mendacious narratives. They tin marque criminals heroes and heroes criminals. Power tin alteration the explanation of the words we usage to picture reality. Diversity is present described arsenic illegal. Equity is to beryllium shunned. Inclusion is simply a soiled word. This is an aged playbook, my friends. There's thing caller successful this," helium continued.