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Paramount pays Trump $16M to settle CBS 60 Minutes lawsuit

Speech Isn't FreeWhere the Settlements Went

Filed July 2025$16,000,000

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What happened

Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit against CBS News over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, with the money directed to his future presidential library and legal fees rather than to him personally.

Who enabled it

Paramount

Who benefits

Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation

Deal or steal?

Paramount settled a suit critics called frivolous while its multibillion-dollar merger with Skydance awaited approval from Trump's Federal Communications Commission. The payment, routed to the same presidential-library fund Meta and ABC News also settled into, landed as his own regulators held the fate of the company's largest pending deal.

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Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit President Trump filed against CBS News; the funds were allocated to Trump's future presidential library and to the plaintiffs' legal fees, with neither Trump nor co-plaintiff Rep. Ronny Jackson paid directly. The lawsuit stemmed from CBS's editing of a 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election. The settlement was announced while Paramount had a pending merger with Skydance Media awaiting approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Critics characterized the lawsuit as frivolous and questioned whether Paramount's pending FCC regulatory review influenced its decision to settle rather than contest the case.

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