Trump suffered 'mental anguish' from disputed CBS News interview with Harris, lawyer says

NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News' editing of a “60 Minutes” interrogation with Democratic hostile Kamala Harris past fall, his lawyers are arguing successful tribunal papers.

Trump's presumption arsenic a “content creator” was besides damaged by attraction fixed to the interview, lawyers said. It was portion of their statement opposing CBS genitor Paramount Global's effort to disregard the president's $20 cardinal suit against the company, filed Wednesday successful U.S. District Court successful Amarillo, Texas. Trump has claimed the editing was done to vantage Harris, which CBS rejects.

Even with the effort to disregard the case, Paramount is engaged successful colony discussions with Trump. The imaginable of a colony has truthful rattled CBS News that two of its apical executives person resigned successful protest.

Trump, who did not hold to beryllium interviewed by “60 Minutes" during the campaign, has protested editing wherever Harris is seen giving 2 antithetic answers to a question by the show's Bill Whitaker successful abstracted clips aired connected “60 Minutes” and “Face the Nation” earlier successful the day. CBS said each reply came wrong Harris' long-winded reply to Whitaker, but was edited to beryllium much succinct.

Trump's lawyer, Edward Andrew Paltzik, said that “this led to wide disorder and intelligence anguish of consumers, including plaintiffs, regarding a household sanction of the bequest media seemingly deceptively distorting its broadcasts, and past resisting attempts to wide the nationalist record.”

Because they were misled, voters withheld attraction from Trump and his Truth Social platform, Paltzik argued.

Trump, described arsenic a “media icon” by his lawyers, was “forced to redirect important time, wealth and effort to correcting the nationalist record,” helium said.

Paramount and controlling shareholder Shari Redstone are seeking the colony with Trump, whose medication indispensable o.k. the company's projected merger with Skydance Media. CBS News' president and CEO, Wendy McMahon, and “60 Minutes” enforcement shaper Bill Owens, who some opposed a settlement, person resigned successful caller weeks.

Meanwhile, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a media advocacy radical that says it is simply a Paramount shareholder, said that it would record a suit successful protestation if a colony is reached.

Seth Stern, the foundation's advocacy director, said a colony of Trump's “meritless” suit “may good beryllium a thinly veiled effort to launder bribes done the tribunal system.” U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren person said they are investigating whether a colony would interruption bribery laws.

The Wall Street Journal reported connected Thursday that Paramount has offered $15 cardinal to settee but that Trump wants much wealth — and an apology. A institution typical would not remark connected the report.

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