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Christiaan Hetzner

Trump sues CBS for $10 billion alleging its editing of Harris interview is election interference

GOP nominee Donald Trump holds a press conference from inside a garbage truck. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s campaign is suing Paramount’s national broadcast network CBS for up to $10 billion in damages alleging it deliberately doctored an interview of his opponent to harm his electoral chances.

Airing on October 6, the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris included a question on the Middle East to which Harris initially gave a meandering, wordy answer. The interview was edited to include a more succinct answer that Harris gave later in the conversation—a routine practice in TV production.

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