President Donald Trump and Paramount are seeking mediators, further promoting speculation that the parties will resolve the $20 billion CBS News lawsuit, Fox News Digital confirmed.
As reported first Until the New York Times, lawyers for both parties aim to appoint mediators to facilitate resolutions for the High Stakes legal battle.
“President Trump is committed to keeping people who lie to fake news, hoaxes and lies,” Trump's lawyer Ed Palzik told Fox News Digital in a statement. “CBS and Paramount committed the worst election interference and fraud on the last day of the most important presidential elections in history. President Trump pursues this important issue to a legitimate and legitimate conclusion.”
A representative for Paramount declined to comment.
CBS News remains “drifting” as the network is plagued by controversy.
Fox News Digital has confirmed President Trump's lawyers, with Paramount seeking mediators further showing that a lawsuit targeting CBS News could end in a settlement. (AP Photos; Reuters Photos; Screenshots/CBS News)
The mediator search comes days after the judge ruled against Paramount and CBS News' claims that they would dismiss the case.
Earlier this month, Trump's lawyers were at the heart of the legal battle after being released in an unedited transcript and a “60-minute” interview with then-Viece President Kamala Harris. The lawsuit has been revised. The lawsuit added Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, as the defendant, citing how the “60-minute” election special was platformed on the Paramount + streaming service. The lawsuit added R-Texas' Rep. Ronny Jackson as plaintiff, raising the damages claim to $20 billion.
The FCC has released the raw transcripts and footage handed over by CBS News. This shows that CBS News is only airing the first half of Harris' response to the question of “60 minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Managed with preview clips aired on “Face the Nation.” CBS aired only the second half of her reactions on Primetime Special.
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“However, it appears that Prime Minister Netanyahu hasn't heard,” Whitaker said in an October 2024 interview. “The Wall Street Journal said your administration has been repeatedly blinded by Netanyahu, and in fact, he has rejected almost all of your administration's pleading.”
“Well, Bill, the work we did has brought a lot of movement in the area by Israel. Israel has been very urged, including defending what needs to happen in this area. Or it had many consequences. We are not going to stop it.
The “60 Minute” interview between correspondent Bill Whitaker and then-President Wies Kamala Harris is at the heart of President Trump's $20 billion lawsuit against CBS News and Paramount Global. (Screenshot/CBS News)
New FCC Chair Brendan Kerr After the complaint was filed, we ordered CBS News to hand over the unedited transcript as part of an investigation into whether the network violated the FCC's “news distortion” policy.
In a preview clip aired on “Face the Nation,” Harris was asked why Netanyahu seemed to have not heard of the US
“Well, Bill, the work we did brought about a lot of movement in the area by Israel. “Harris responded with a 'Face the Nation' clip.
FCC Chair calls “explanation” “difficult to explain” following the release of the KAMALA HARRIS interview transcript
Shari Redstone, a shareholder of Paramount Controlling, is reportedly in favor of resolving President Trump's lawsuit against CBS News. (Left: (Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images), Right: Al Drago/Bloomberg Via Getty Images)
Harris was laughed at by conservatives for offering Whitaker a long “word salad.” But when the same question aired the following night in the Primetime Election Special, Shorter, more focused answers It continued from the Vice President.
“We are not going to stop pursuing what is needed to make it clear where the US needs to end this war,” Harris said in the Primetime Special.
Critics accused him of compiling CBS News Harris's “word salad” answer To protect the Vice President from further backlash, the network called for the release of the full transcript after only sharing the transcript of what was aired. CBS News refused to release the raw transcript until the FCC was involved.
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CBS parent company Paramount Global is lawsuit ahead of a planned merger with Skydance Media in hopes of preventing potential retaliation by Trump's FCC, which has the authority to suspend billion-dollar transactions. It is reportedly being considered to resolve the issue. Paramount's ruling shareholder Shari Redstone reportedly supports a settlement with the president.
The settlement from Paramount will be the latest in Trump's string of legal victories as he reaches multi-million dollar settlements at ABC News, Meta and X.
