Trump Rejects Paramount’s $15 Million Over Kamala Harris Interview

President Donald Trump is once again holding corporate media accountable and he’s not backing down.

According to reports, Trump has rejected a $15 million settlement offer from Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, over a lawsuit tied to a 2020 interview with Kamala Harris that Trump says was “deceitfully edited” to boost her public image ahead of the presidential election.

Trump is demanding at least $25 million and a formal apology, citing election interference and manipulation of public perception through biased media coverage. The lawsuit, filed last November, accuses CBS’s 60 Minutes of doctoring the footage to make Harris appear “sharper” and more competent than she actually was an effort that Trump’s legal team says helped tip public opinion during a critical election cycle.

Paramount denies any wrongdoing, claiming the interview was not manipulated. But the cracks are already showing inside the media empire.

Earlier this month, CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon resigned, citing disagreements over how to handle the Trump lawsuit. Her unwillingness to apologize reportedly played a key role in her decision to leave the network. In a memo to staff, she wrote, “It’s become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward.”

That path includes Paramount’s attempted $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, a deal now under federal review by the Trump administration. The timing of the lawsuit couldn’t be worse for Paramount and Trump knows it.

Meanwhile, Paramount Chair Shari Redstone has distanced herself from the case, likely to avoid further scrutiny as the merger faces regulatory hurdles.

This isn’t the first time Trump has forced media giants to pay up:

• Meta paid $25 million to settle a lawsuit over its politically motivated bans of Trump’s accounts after January 6.

• X (formerly Twitter) settled for $10 million the following month over similar free speech violations.

Unlike most politicians, Trump doesn’t roll over when media conglomerates try to distort the truth. He confronts them head-on, even when it means taking on billion-dollar corporations with entire networks at their disposal.

This case also raises serious questions How many more “interviews” have been deceptively edited by corporate media to favor one political narrative over another? And how long has this been influencing elections from behind the scenes?

As the Paramount lawsuit unfolds, it’s a stark reminder that the battle for America’s future doesn’t just happen at the ballot box it happens in the newsrooms, editing bays, and corporate boardrooms where truth is too often twisted for political gain.

Trump is demanding justice not just for himself, but for the millions of Americans who deserve honesty from their media.

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