On Friday, President Trump increased the damages he’s seeking in his lawsuit against CBS, now claiming $20 billion due to what he considers deceptive editing during an interview with Kamala Harris – effectively doubling the initial claim.
In October, Trump filed a lawsuit against the network, alleging that “60 Minutes” breached the Texas consumer fraud law by manipulating Harris’ response concerning the conflict in Gaza during the editing process. CBS has attempted to dismiss the case, stating that their editorial choices are shielded by the First Amendment.
On Friday evening, the president made changes to his grievance, incorporating a fresh accusation of “unfair competition” based on the Federal Lanham Act. This assertion suggests that Trump suffered damages due to CBS’ actions, in his capacity as the proprietor of the Truth Social platform.
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Last Friday night, the president revised his lawsuit, introducing a new charge of “unfair competition” under the Lanham Act. The claim contends that Trump was adversely affected by CBS’ behavior, given his position as owner of the Truth Social network.
According to the lawsuit, President Trump claims he was negatively affected as a rival in the news media sector and sustained unspecified financial losses that will be determined during the trial. The complaint alleges that due to CBS’ editing, viewership was unfairly redirected towards their media platforms, leading to decreased consumer interaction, advertising income, and profits for Truth Social and Trump’s other media endeavors.
Earlier this week, CBS made available the complete records (transcripts and videos) of their interview with Kamala Harris, following a request from the Federal Communications Commission. The transcript reveals that CBS utilized a distinct part of her response during her “Face the Nation” appearance, while a different segment was aired on “60 Minutes” the day after.
The lawsuit argues that the full transcript shows that the entire interview was “manipulated.”
The defendants’ actions extended far beyond the discussion concerning Prime Minister Netanyahu, as stated in the lawsuit. Instead, it appears they orchestrated a comprehensive concealment operation aimed at hiding an unqualified candidate named Harris, driven primarily by profit-seeking and intense political bias.
The revised lawsuit asserts that, besides editing the “Gaza response,” “60 Minutes” also omitted other nonsensical “word salads” from Harris.
In response to CBS’s motion to discard the complaint, the complaint was revised to counter CBS’s arguments. CBS had pointed out that neither they nor Trump live in Texas, making it questionable as to why the lawsuit should be handled in Amarillo. If the case is not dropped, CBS requested for it to be transferred to New York instead.
In response, Trump included Representative Ronny Jackson from Amarillo, a fellow news consumer, as a co-defendant in the revised lawsuit. The updated complaint claims that Jackson, similar to Trump, was also deceived and misled by the “60 Minutes” interview.
The lawsuit asserts that Trump endured losses of at least $10 billion due to the Lanham Act claim and an additional $10 billion from the initial Texas consumer fraud claim. Moreover, it mentions that Jackson incurred undisclosed “significant damages” on the latter charge.
Previously, CBS contended that the Lanham Act, similar to the Texas law, exclusively regulates non-commercial speech such as political and editorials, and is not applicable to commercial speech.
In their request to discard the case, the company’s legal team stated that it is not debatable that President Trump’s statement originates from commercial speech.
It appears that Paramount Global, the company that owns CBS, is contemplating a possible agreement with Donald Trump, as per sources privy to the situation. This week, Trump requested that CBS’ broadcasting license be terminated, and it should be noted that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would need to sanction Paramount’s upcoming merger with Skydance before it can proceed.
Brian Steinberg contributed to this story.
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