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.

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I mean she got completely crushed and her political career is basically over. She was never very popular and she bungled the election in a most moronic fashion. Not much point in kicking her anymore is there?

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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      20 hours ago

      Her and the DNC bungling the election is the reason why Trump is currently in office. These people are supposed to be the opposition party, remember?

      • njm1314@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        I feel like you just repeated half of my comment and then didn’t address anything I said.

        • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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          12 hours ago

          What’s there to address? I’m agreeing with your assessment of her and just disagreeing with the part about “not kicking her when she’s down” since she and the DNC leaders were what stood between us and Trump.