Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over an edited CBS “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 election cycle.
The company, which owns CBS, announced the deal early Wednesday, before a shareholders’ meeting, and made clear that the money will go to Trump’s future presidential library, not to the president himself.
The lawsuit alleges that “60 Minutes” deceitfully edited an exchange during an October 7 interview between Harris and correspondent Bill Whitaker. Harris was asked about the Israel-Hamas War and why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t “listening” to the Biden administration.
