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President Trump criticized The New York Times on Thursday for its coverage of his lawsuit against CBS. In a Truth Social post, Trump referred to the case as a “winner” and criticized The New York Times for downplaying its merits.
“The case we have against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount is a true WINNER,” Trump said. “They cheated and defrauded the American People at levels never seen before in the Political Arena.”
Trump’s post was about the $20 billion lawsuit he has filed against Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News. The legal action stems from an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump’s suit has alleged election interference on the part of CBS for deceptively editing an answer Harris gave in response to a question about Israel.
“Kamala Harris, during Early Voting and, immediately before Election Day, was asked a question, and gave an answer, that was so bad and incompetent that it would have cost her many of the Votes that she ended up getting. It was a disastrous answer!” Trump said.
Trump continued by alleging the producers of the show intentionally edited the answer to benefit Harris and boost her campaign.
“60 Minutes and its corporate parents, in order that this not have a negative impact on her, removed and deleted Kamala’s entire answer, every word of it, and replaced it with a response that she gave later on to an entirely different question. The new answer was not good, but it didn’t show Gross Incompetence like the one that was removed by 60 Minutes. In other words, 60 Minutes perpetrated a Giant FRAUD against the American People, the Federal Elections Commission, and the Federal Communications System,” Trump said.
Trump went on to call out The New York Times for characterizing the suit as baseless.
“Despite all of the above, and Paramount’s/CBS’/60 Minutes’ admittance to this crime and, with other similar corrupt removals of answers to questions, the Failing New York Times, which is Fake News both in writing and polling, claims that “people” said that the case is baseless,” Trump said. “They don’t mean that, they just have a non curable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, possibly to the point where the Times’ interjection makes them liable for tortious interference, including in Elections, which we are intently studying.”
Despite The New York Times’ portrayal of the case, Trump is showing no signs of backing down.
“The bottom line is that what 60 Minutes and its corporate owners have committed is one of the most egregious illegalities in Broadcast History,” Trump said. “Nothing like this, the illegal creation of an answer for a Presidential Candidate, has ever been done before, they have to pay a price for it, and the Times should also be on the hook for their likely unlawful behavior It is vital to hold these Liars and Fraudsters accountable!”