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Paramount Settlement With Trump Would Set ‘Dangerous Precedent,’ But Likely Wouldn’t Draw Bribery Charge, Experts Say
Paramount is hoping to settle its litigation with President Trump over a '60 Minutes' interview, as experts warn it could set a dangerous precedent.
“It’s almost impossible to prosecute any of this as a quid pro quo under the bribery statute,” said Richard Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota and a former White House ethics counsel under President George W. Bush. Trump’s newly appointed FCC chairman, agency veteran Brendan Carr, last month was quick to reinstate a “news distortion” complaint brought against WCBS-TV New York for the “60 Minutes” Harris interview. Norman Eisen, a former ethics counsel in the Obama White House, said that settling the CBS lawsuit would be “legally unfounded and an example of anticipatory obedience,” as well as a betrayal of journalistic and democratic responsibility.
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