By Katherine Tinsley
3:43am PDT, May 9, 2025
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Donald Trump's battle against CBS and
60 Minutes continues after the president accused the news program of editing an interview of
Kamala Harris to sway the 2024 election in her favor.
Trump launched his latest attack on CBS after the network scored an Emmy nomination for the controversial interview — which is the center of his defamation suit against the network.
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"The Election Interfering
60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired on CBS just before Election Day and deep into Early Voting, turned out to be much worse than expected, with her answers being unlawfully fixed, manipulated, and doctored throughout by CBS, in order to try and make Kamala appear at least somewhat coherent," Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social rant on Wednesday, May 7.
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Donald Trump, who is currently suing CBS, claimed the interview transcript is evidence of his claims.
"The full transcript, which 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount tried to hide from the American People, and refused to release until after I was already Inaugurated, and they were ordered to do so by the Federal Communications Commission, shows that the 'interview' was nothing but fake, corrupt, anti-Trump propaganda," the president alleged.
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Donald Trump later branded the television special with Kamala Harris a "Fake News Puff Piece."
"Did 60 Minutes and its Corporate Parents apply to get an Emmy for an illegally falsified interview, or did other Fake Outlets nominate them for this dubious 'honor'?" Trump asked.
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Donald Trump, who often refers to legacy news outlets as "fake news," said the controversial Kamala Harris 60 Minutes interview proves why the public can't trust the mainstream media.
"These antics are why the American People have no trust in the Press, and demand that the Media, very much including 60 Minutes, CBS, and its owners, be held responsible for their corruption and lies, which is exactly what we are doing in court," he wrote.
