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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Bernie Sanders urges Paramount not to ‘capitulate’ to Trump by settling 60 Minutes suit

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Shari Redstone and Bernie Sanders. Composite: Reuters, AP

The senator Bernie Sanders and his Democratic colleagues are urging Paramount Global not to settle Donald Trump’s $20bn lawsuit against 60 Minutes, saying such a decision would “capitulate to this dangerous move to authoritarianism”.

In a letter co-signed by eight senators, Sanders urged controlling shareholder Shari Redstone and Paramount Global’s board to reconsider settling with Trump for as much as $75m to end his lawsuit against CBS News over its editing of last year’s 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.

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