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Former President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump is launching a lawsuit against CBS News over its 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
The complaint filed Thursday alleges that CBS News aired two different answers to questions asked by Bill Whitaker during it’s presidential election preview episode on Sunday, October 6th.
The argument from the Trump camp is that the organization modified answers from Harris to help her in the race for the White House. However, CBS has continually maintained it did no wrongdoing. Instead, it has asserted, a fuller response from Kamala Harris was aired during Face the Nation than what was featured on 60 Minutes. The network news outlet has argued that it simply edited the response for brevity.
In a statement, CBS News reiterated it does not believe the lawsuit is a valid one.
“Former President Trump’s repeated claims against 60 Minutes are false,” a CBS News spokesperson said. “The lawsuit Trump has brought today against CBS is completely without merit and we will vigorously defend against it.”
The lawsuit filed by attorneys for the former president seeks $10 billion in damages and demands a jury trial.
Donald Trump was offered the chance to interview with 60 Minutes for the same episode now in question. He declined that opportunity.
