60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens told the program’s staff on Monday that he would not offer up an apology as part of any anticipated settlement the company reaches with Donald Trump in his ‘meritless’ lawsuit against CBS, sources told The Independent.
Owens’ remarks — which were first reported by The New York Times — come as executives at Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, have been in talks with the president’s legal team on potentially settling his $10 billion lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that ran last October. Trump has accused the network of “doctoring” the interview with his 2024 rival to “mislead the public and attempt to tip the scales” of the presidential election.
