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Democratic Senators Urge Paramount’s Shari Redstone to Fight Trump’s ‘Bogus’ Lawsuit Over ‘60 Minutes’ Segment: ‘Stand Up for Freedom of the Press’
Nine Democratic senators urged Shari Redstone to not settle Trump's lawsuit over what he claims was a deceptively edited '60 Minutes' interview.
Nine Democratic senators sent an open letter to Paramount Global’s controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, urging her company to not settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump — which seeks $20 billion in damages — over what he claims was a deceptively edited interview aired by CBS’s “60 Minutes.” The media company called it “an affront to the First Amendment” that “is without basis in law or fact” and said: “In our system, the remedy for disagreement with political speech one does not like is counter-speech not court-enforced damages under the guise of commercial regulations.” Redstone is eager to close the $8 billion pact with the Ellisons to merge Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which — after they reached an agreement in July 2024 — is awaiting approval from Trump’s handpicked chairman at the FCC, Brendan Carr.
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