Donald Trump’s $10 Billion “Generalized Grievance” Suit Over ‘60 Minutes’ Sit-Down With Kamala Harris Should Be Tossed, CBS Urges

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Donald Trump was the winner in the election against Kamala Harris last month, but CBS believes the past and soon-to-be current POTUS should be the loser in his $10 billion so-called deceptive editing lawsuit over an October 60 Minutes interview with the Vice President. “Plaintiff’s attempt to punish Defendants for their editorial judgments is barred by the First Amendment,” declares a motion to dismiss filed Friday by CBS Broadcasting in Texas federal court.

In a separate document, the network said of Trump’s October 31-filed complaint: “The Court should reject President Trump’s naked forum-shopping and either dismiss or transfer the case.” Mocking the matter as no more than a “generalized grievance,” CBS’ memorandum on jurisdiction added: “For the foregoing reasons, this Court should dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint with prejudice … or, in the alternative, transfer this case to the Southern District of New York.” Exclaiming that CBS blatantly violated Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which is primarily directed at false advertising claims, Trump made good on his threats to sue over an October 7 60 Minutes election special interview with Harris.

He says a section of the interview that included a answer about Israel and the war in Gaza was intentionally edited to give her campaign a boost. “To paper over Kamala’s ‘word salad’ weakness, CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news,” the lawsuit claimed. “CBS’s distortion of the 60 Minutes Interview damaged President Trump’s fundraising and support values by several billions of dollars, particularly in Texas,” it added in a footnote.