An attorney for CBS News pushed back against the threat of a lawsuit from former President Donald Trump Wednesday, suggesting to his counsel that he might be liable for attorneys’ fees or be subject to counterclaims if he sought to press further into the idea that newsmagazine “ 60 Minutes ” doctored the presentation of its recent interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. “Your letter on behalf of Mr. Trump is based on the faulty premise that 60 MINUTES distorted its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris (“the Interview”) in order to present her in a positive light,” said Gayle Sproul, senior vice president for legal affairs in a letter sent to Trump attorney Edward Andrew Paltzik that has been reviewed by Variety .
Trump on Monday threatened to sue to force CBS News to release the unedited interview with Harris. At issue is a segment of the interview made available to the CBS News program “Face The Nation,” which airs Sunday mornings, as a promotional teaser for what would appear later in the week on a special “60 Minutes” broadcast. The promotional segment used a longer section of Harris’ response than the interview that appeared on “60 Minutes,” which was edited to give viewers a sense of Harris’ views on a wider variety of subjects.
”60 MINUTES fairly presented the Interview to inform the viewing audience, and not to mislead it. Indeed, your contention that 60 MINUTES acted nefariously is entirely unfounded. Instead, the Interview .
