Trump and Paramount Signals advance towards settlement in the latest court filings
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Latest courts to submit to the president Donald TrumpThe lawsuit against Paramount Global Signals is potentially out of reach, perhaps before the July 4th holiday weekend.
The parties’ attorneys requested a suspension of all cases “until July 3, 2025,” according to a filing Monday.
“The parties will respectfully submit good reasons to maintain all cases as the parties engage in honest and advanced settlement negotiations,” the attorney told a Texas judge.
Paramount did not respond immediately Fox News DigitalRequest a comment. Representatives from Trump’s legal team declined to comment.
Lawyers for Paramount Global and President Donald Trump say they are “engaged in honest and sophisticated settlement negotiations.” (Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CBS blows up Trump’s lawsuit as “worthless” despite recent $15 million settlement offer
Last week, Mediator proposed a $20 million settlement This includes $17 million for the Presidential Library, along with airing legal fee payments and public services announcements on all Paramount Networks regarding the fight against anti-Semitism. Trump previously rejected Paramount’s $15 million settlement offer, demanding at least $25 million and an apology.
“President Trump is committed to keeping fake news, hoaxes and people who lie to lie,” Trump’s lawyer Ed Palzik told Fox News Digital in a statement last week. “CBS and Paramount have targeted the president in an attempt to undermine his reputation while committing the worst election interference and fraud on the last day of the most important presidential election in history. President Trump pursues this important issue to a legitimate and legitimate conclusion.”
President Donald Trump has filed a $20 billion lawsuit against Paramount Global and CBS News over allegations of election interference. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.)
Last October, Trump sued CBS News and Paramount for $10 billion over allegations of election interference, including a “60-minute” interview with the then-president. Kamala Harris It aired weeks before the presidential election (the amount later jumped to $20 billion).
The lawsuit alleges that CBS News deceived and edited the exchange held by “60 minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker and Harris. Harris was widely laughed out About the answer to “Word Salad,” which aired in a preview clip of the “Face the Nation” interview.
However, if the same question aired during the Primetime Special on the network, Harris responded differently, more concisely. Critics at the time accused CBS news of deceiving Harris’s “ward salad” answer and compiling it to protect Democratic candidates from further backlash until Election Day.
The exchange from the “60-minute” election special between correspondent Bill Whitaker and then President Kamala Harris is at the heart of President Donald Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit. (Screenshot/CBS News)
Raw transcripts and videos The FCC release earlier this year showed that both sets of Harris’ comments came from the same response, but CBS News aired only the first half of her answers in the “Face the Nation” preview clip, and the second half aired during the Prime Time Special.
CBS News denied fraud and supports the broadcast and its report.
Paramount’s ruling shareholder Shari Redstone, who rejected himself from the settlement debate in February, has revealed that he wants to resolve Trump’s lawsuit in the hopes of clearing the path of a multi-billion-dollar planned merger with Skydance Media, which requires approval from the Trump administration from the FCC.
there was Newsroom drama In recent months, including Redstone’s efforts to “monitor” Trump’s reports on the network, at least until the merger closes. That led to the sudden resignation of “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens, who claimed in April that he could no longer maintain editorial independence, and in May CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon resigned.
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