CBS rubbishes Trump effort to avoid discovery with erroneous privilege and national security claims

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11. I clinked on Your link and this short headline popped up: 'CBS slams Trump effort to avoid discovery in lawsuit'

Anyway--then I clicked on the short tweet headline and up popped the long headline with the story.




CBS slams Trump effort to avoid discovery in lawsuit

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‘Inherently incredible’: CBS rubbishes Trump effort to avoid discovery with ‘erroneous’ privilege and national security claims in $20 billion lawsuit over Kamala Harris interview


Colin Kalmbacher Apr 8th, 2025, 2:03 pm

Left: President-elect Donald Trump on "Meet the Press" Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 (NBC News/YouTube). Right: Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed on "60 Minutes" in a video posted Oct. 7, 2024 (60 Minutes/YouTube).

Left: President Donald Trump on “Meet the Press” Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 (NBC News/YouTube). Right: Then-Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed on “60 Minutes” in a video posted Oct. 7, 2024 (60 Minutes/YouTube).

President Donald Trump is refusing to produce relevant evidence in his $20 billion lawsuit against CBS, the network’s attorneys say.

In a 23-page motion to compel, CBS alleges Trump and his co-plaintiff, Rep. Ronny Jackson, a Republican from Texas, have shirked their discovery obligations despite a court-ordered due date last month.

Meanwhile the network, and co-defendant Paramount Global, have complied with their own discovery obligations, the motion claims.

“Despite their insistence that discovery move forward, Plaintiffs have shown very little desire to produce their own documents, relying on unfounded objections and delay tactics,” the motion to compel reads.......................