Summary
CBS has moved to dismiss Donald Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, calling it an attack on the First Amendment.
Trump alleges CBS edited the interview to harm him politically, citing “voter interference.” CBS attorneys argue the lawsuit seeks to punish “constitutionally protected editorial judgments” and is “without basis in law or fact.”
If not dismissed, CBS wants it moved to New York, where its headquarters is located.
The move comes as a surprise because CBS had considered settling to avoid delaying its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, which requires regulatory approval.
CBS realized if they gave in, Trump had no plans of stopping attacks whatsoever. So if you’re gonna get attacked anyways, you might as well fight back .
I’m sure it works the same way with the mafia. I doubt companies that pay extortion to the mafia only do a one-time payment.
Yeah, I recently read a Guardian article about how the crackdown on non-violent protestors in the UK is leading climate activists to a little more, uh, active forms of protest. If you’re going to jail for five years anyway, you might as well make it count.
The can’t legally make allowing the merger to be a conditionon a settlement agreement. So there’d be nothing to keep his petty ass from stopping it either way.
They’re greedy and would do anything for the merger, but Trump doesn’t honor his deals.
Corporations and their owners thought that Trump would boost the stock market through tax cuts. Instead the market is tanking due to his moronic tariffs and Russia-appeasement strategy. Now that it’s clear he won’t be making them money they have rediscovered their “morals”.
This is the way
Yeah, this is the only logical move they have. Good to see someone still has ethical brains in business these days.
I hope everyone dealing with him recognizes this and stops trying to deal with him
No no, don’t worry. They’re still going to work for him and do his bidding, they’re just not going to be bullied into paying him $20billion over a factually imaginary grievance. They’ll get the case thrown and then issue a public apology for having to defend themselves and then immediately hardline into defending the administration. Tale as old as time.
This is of course assuming the admin doesn’t simply revoke their broadcast license before they get the chance to bend back over.