President Donald Trump and Paramount are looking for a mediator, which further encourages speculation that both sides will settle his lawsuit for the news of CBS in the amount of $ 20 billion, Fox News Digital confirmed.
As first reported Until the New York Times, the lawyers aim to appoint a mediator who is likely to accelerate a resolution for a high -ranking legal battle.
“President Trump is dedicated to holding those who operate in false news, frauds and lie on accounts,” Trump’s lawyer Ed Paltzik said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “CBS and Paramount have committed the worst type of election and fraud in the final days of the most important presidential elections in history. President Trump will follow this vital question to their just and lawful conclusion.”
Paramount representative refused to comment.
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Fox News Digital confirmed that President Trump and Paramount lawyers are looking for a mediator, which further signals that his lawsuit that targets CBS News can end in a settlement. (AP Photo; Reuters Photo; Screenshots/CBS News)
The search for an intermediary comes just a few days after the judge ruled against Paramount and CBS News’ proposal dismiss the lawsuit.
Earlier this month, Trump’s lawyers changed the original lawsuit after the published by the unregulated transcript and raw recordings of his controversial interview “60 minutes” with then President Kamal Harris, who is at the center of the legal battle. The lawsuit added CBS News home company, Paramount Global, as a defendant, stating that the “60 minutes” of the election choice was platformar at its Paramount+ Streaming service. The lawsuit was added by Ambassador Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, as a prosecutor and increased the compensation claim at $ 20 billion.
FCC posted a raw transcript and shots handed over to CBS News, showing that CBS News broadcast only the first half of Harris’ response to “60 minutes” by Bill Whitaker about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not “Listening” Biden Management which was aired on “Face the Nation”. CBS broadcast only the other half of her response during the Primheth of SPECIAL.
“But Prime Minister Netanyahu does not seem to listen,” Whitaker said in an interview with October 2024. “Wall Street Journal said he was – that your administration had repeatedly blinded Netanyahu, and in things, he rejected almost all the pleas of your administration.”
“Well, Bill, the job we did resulted in numerous movements in that region of Israel, which has greatly encouraged or the result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region. And we will not stop doing it.
The interview “60 minutes” between the correspondent Bill Whitaker and then President Kamal Harris is at the center of the Prize Trump lawsuit of $ 20 billion against CBS News and Paramount Global. (Screen shots/CBS News)
New FCC chair Brendan Carr He ordered CBS News to hand over an unregulated transcript as part of its investigation whether the network had violated the FCC “distortion of news” after the appeal filed.
In a review aired on “Face the Nation”, Harris wondered why it seems to be neventayahu not listening to now
“Well, Bill, the job we did resulted in numerous movements in that region by Israel that have greatly encouraged or the result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region,” Harris answered in the clip ” Face the nation. ”
Shari Redstone, a part -controlled shareholder, is allegedly advocating to resolve the lawsuit of President Trump against CBS News. (Left: (Photo Paul Morigi/Getty Images), right: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Harris was mocked by the conservatives because he offered Whitaker a long “word salad”. But when the same question was broadcast next night in the first league election, A shorter, focused answer The Vice President followed.
“We will not stop following what it takes for the United States to be clear about where we are standing on the need to end this war,” Harris said in a special premiere.
Critics have accused CBS News about editing Harris’s “word salad” answer In order to protect the vice president from a further return strike, and there were invitation to publish the network of the entire transcript after only shared transcripts of what was aired. CBS News refused to release the RAW transcript until FCC turned on.
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CBS parent company Paramount Global is reportedly considering resolving the lawsuit ahead of the planned merger with Skydance Media in the hope that it will prevent the potential retaliation of Trump’s FCC, which has the authority to stop multi-million dollar transactions. Shari Redstone, Paramount’s control shareholder, is allegedly advocating to deal with the president.
A settlement from Paramount would be the latest in Trump’s series of legal victories because he reached a settlement with a multi -million dollar dollar with ABC News, Meta and X.
