Democrats plead with Shari Redstone not to cave to Trump's 'bogus' 60 Minutes lawsuit
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 07 May 2025 15:12 EDT
Sen. Bernie Sanders and eight other Democratic senators are urging the top shareholder of CBS News’ parent company not to cave to Donald Trump and settle the president’s meritless $20 billion lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.
In a letter sent to Paramount Global boss Shari Redstone on Tuesday evening, first reported by The New York Times, Sanders and the other senators wrote that Trump’s complaint – which most legal experts have said is baseless and would likely get tossed out of court – is a “blatant attempt to intimidate the media and those who speak out against him.”
The letter comes as Paramount and Trump’s legal team are currently in mediation to resolve the case out of court, with the company’s executive board already laying out an acceptable monetary amount that they’re willing to pay in a settlement. Redstone, who has now recused herself from the board’s discussion on the case, has long pushed for a settlement in hopes that it will convince the Trump administration to approve Paramount’s merger with Skydance.
“This lawsuit is an attack on the United States Constitution and the First Amendment. It has absolutely no merit and it cannot stand,” the letter stated. “In the United States of America, presidents do not get to punish or censor the media for criticizing them. Freedom of the press is what sets us apart from tin-pot dictatorships and authoritarian regimes,” the senators continued.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-shari-redstone-democrats-b2746693.html
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Walter Cronkite, who was described as the most trusted man in America, once said:
“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.”
Paramount: Stand up for a free press and our democracy. Do not capitulate to Trump's dangerous move to authoritarianism.
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10:23 AM · May 7, 2025
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news: A group of U.S. senators, including Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are urging Shari Redstone, Paramount's controlling shareholder, not to settle President Trump's lawsuit against "60 Minutes."
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8:53 AM · May 7, 2025
(Mullin reported this in a NYT "live updates" yesterday - Senators are urging Paramount to fight Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit.
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