October 31st 2024.
Former President Donald Trump took legal action against CBS on Thursday, claiming that the TV network's recent interview with Vice President Kamala Harris was manipulated and amounted to election interference. Trump alleged that CBS aired two different versions of Harris' response to a question about the Israel-Hamas war, and that the version that aired on 60 Minutes did not accurately represent her full answer.
According to Trump, the preview of the interview on Face the Nation showed correspondent Bill Whitaker asking Harris why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not listening to the US. However, in the 60 Minutes version of the interview that aired on October 6, Trump argues that Harris' response was shortened and did not include what he refers to as her "word salad" response about how the Biden administration influenced Israel's actions.
This discrepancy caused controversy, with Republicans ridiculing Harris for her lengthy answer. The next day, when the same question was shown on 60 Minutes again, Harris' response was much shorter and to the point. Trump's lawsuit claims that CBS intentionally edited the interview in an attempt to sway the outcome of the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election, in which Trump is currently leading.
The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Texas just five days before the election, seeks at least $10 billion in damages and a jury trial. In the suit, Trump's lawyers state that CBS's actions were "deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news" and caused immense harm to the former president, his campaign, and millions of American citizens.
When asked for comment, both the Trump campaign and CBS did not immediately respond. However, CBS previously stated that Trump backed out of an interview he had planned to have with the network. The lawsuit was filed shortly after Trump held a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he continued to mock Harris and President Joe Biden over the latter's recent remark calling MAGA fans "garbage."
During the rally, Trump playfully acted out a mock phone call between Harris and Biden, jokingly scolding the president for making things more difficult for her. "I'm trying, Joe," Trump pretended to be Harris, "I'm at a big disadvantage. You know what they say, I'm not smart and then you go and you make it more difficult for me, Joe. What are you doing, Joe?"
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