White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, warned CBS News to air a recent interview with Trump in full and without edits, threatening legal action if they did not comply.
- The 13-minute interview aired unedited on CBS, despite Leavitt’s threat, following a $16 million settlement Paramount paid Trump over a previous edited interview controversy.
- CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, under scrutiny for alleged favoritism toward Trump, has faced several editorial controversies, including pulling a 60 Minutes segment about Venezuelan deportations.
- CBS is now controlled by Paramount Skydance, linked to Trump through its founder’s family connections, adding complexity to the network’s editorial independence.
- In the interview, Trump criticized Federal
