Trump files $10 billion suit against CBS over editing of Harris's 60 Minutes interview

Trump sued CBS in the Amarillo division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, seeking at least $10 billion and alleging the network's editing of its October 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris constituted deceptive trade practices under Texas law. The complaint asserts that '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.' CBS called the suit 'completely without merit,' explaining the two aired clips were routine edits for time. First Amendment scholars characterized the theory as baseless, with Harvard's Noah Feldman calling it 'a complaint so ill grounded that it comes close to being sanctionable as frivolous.' The filing extended Trump's documented pattern of offensive litigation against news organizations; days earlier he had also called for CBS to lose its broadcast license over the same interview, and Paramount ultimately paid $16 million in 2025 to settle the case while seeking merger approval from his administration.

“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” Quote verified against source