President Donald Trump is now asking for $20 billion from CBS over its "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris last year, which Trump claims was "doctored" to give her an edge before the election.

Summary

Donald Trump has amended his lawsuit against CBS, doubling the damages sought to $20 billion.

He also added Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson, his former White House doctor, as a co-plaintiff to keep the suit before a Trump-appointed judge in Texas.

He claims CBS deceptively edited Kamala Harris’ “60 Minutes” interview to make her appear more coherent, allegedly influencing the 2024 election and harming his Truth Social platform.

Filed in Texas, the suit alleges violations of the Lanham Act and Texas consumer protection laws.

CBS argues that the Lanham Act and Texas statute only govern commercial speech, not political or editorial speech, and has moved to dismiss the lawsuit.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    You know…

    It’s weird how mind-blowingly silent moderates are about Kamala.

    I haven’t seen a single mocking comment about if she thinks supporting a genocide is still more important than winning the election.

    Or being against healthcare reform…

    Or being pro-border wall

    Or against taxing the wealthy

    Or being pro-fracking

    Or any of the other ways she pissed off pieces of the Dem party because she wanted donations more than she wanted votes.

    • ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.comEnglish
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      15 days ago

      You know… It’s weird how giddy the ‘progressives’ are over the dismantling of cultural norms and suppression of marginal groups who at the very least would have maintained at least a status-quo quality of life rather than being used as a token to pin every social I’ll on in a similar fashion to 1940s Germany…