CBS Asks Court to Toss Trump's $10B '60 Minutes' Lawsuit [View all]
Source: Daily Beast
Updated Dec. 7 2024 2:49AM EST /
Published Dec. 6 2024 6:19PM EST
CBS on Friday moved to dismiss the $10 billion lawsuit Donald Trump filed against the broadcaster after he alleged that editing in Kamala Harris’ 60 Minutes interview on the network amounted to election interference.
In a court filing, CBS’ attorneys argue that the suit should be dismissed because it was filed in Texas, protesting that neither of the two defendants—CBS Broadcasting, based in New York, and CBS Interactive, based in Delaware—is subject to the court’s jurisdiction. At the very least, they are asking for the case to be transferred to New York.
The suit relates to Harris’ response to a question about Israel, which was edited down for inclusion in the 60 Minutes episode. A longer—and less coherent—version of the response was previewed on Face the Nation.
Trump soon declared the disparity the “single biggest scandal in broadcast history” and threatened legal action, eventually following through with a complaint alleging billions in damages, filed days before the election.
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