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.

  • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    6 hours ago

    You know….

    It’s weird how mind-blowingly obnoxious far lefters are about gEnOciDe.

    Especially when we all spent months and months telling them this shit was going to happen. And all we heard in response was “gEnOciDe!” And now- it’s SO much worse than before, that you need to take your complaints and get in line behind:

    • Systemic Government Mandated Racism

    • The Official Erasure of any acknowledgement that trans people exist.

    • A Nazi running our financial department.

    • And the EXACT SAME FUCKING GENOCIDE THAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE, but now- with a sparkling exodus to wash it down with.

    Seriously… If you thought no one was paying attention back when you all were saying your ”bUt mUh bOtH siDeS tHiNG!”

    if you thought you weren’t being heard then….

    Rest assured that a LOT less people are listening to it now. And it’s not that anyone is in denial of it. Or minimizing it. No. It that now, everyone is too busy trying to figure out how to protect their children, their partners, and their parents from the consequent of

    “mUh gEnoCiDe!:” Campaign 2024.

    People are leaving America in droves to get away from the pain that we were told would be brought to us.

    We all fucking tried to stop this from happening. We all told you what would happen. We pleaded to be taken seriously. And you called us genocide supporters and fascists. And now, all you can do is point your finger at someone that has absolutely NOTHING to do with this and whine about shit that doesn’t even matter any more?

    Seriously… WTF? You people really will go to no end that exists within time or space to avoid the consequences of what you did.

    Palestine is either going to be a glass crater, or all Palestinians will be banished from their homeland.

    Tell me… honestly-

    Did you see all this happening when you told everyone how “bOtH siDeS aRe tHe sAmE”?