Trump wants $20 billion now for Kamala Harris '60 Minutes' interview as he amends CBS lawsuit
Summary
Donald Trump has amended his lawsuit against CBS, doubling the damages sought to $20 billion.
He also added Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson, his former White House doctor, as a co-plaintiff to keep the suit before a Trump-appointed judge in Texas.
He claims CBS deceptively edited Kamala Harris’ “60 Minutes” interview to make her appear more coherent, allegedly influencing the 2024 election and harming his Truth Social platform.
Filed in Texas, the suit alleges violations of the Lanham Act and Texas consumer protection laws.
CBS argues that the Lanham Act and Texas statute only govern commercial speech, not political or editorial speech, and has moved to dismiss the lawsuit.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/unfair-competition-trump-now-wants-20-billion-from-cbs-over-kamala-harris-60-minutes-interview-as-he-amends-lawsuit-to-add-new-claims-and-a-co-plaintiff/Open linkView original on lemmy.world469
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You fucking idiots.
The instant you bought into it, you signed up for this. He's going to keep fucking with you. The day after you pay, he's going to be fucking with you again. The FCC's going to pull your license. He's going to sue you again for something you allegedly did in 2014. It'll never stop, until you actually stand up for yourself.
And now you're out $15 million, for nothing. You got nothing at all for it.
ABC paid $15 million, as far as I know CBS hasn't paid anything yet.
Oh, you're right. CBS was the one that provided transcripts to the FCC when they didn't need to.
I still maintain that they are idiots. Fight back, man. That's the way.
CBS isn't going to fight back, because they still want regulatory approval to be bought out by Skydance.
It's why they started appeasing him in the first place.
$20 billion, though? That definitely changes the calculus.
It's like mob tactics, once you pay for protection they'll just keep coming back asking for more until you're bled dry, then they'll dispose of you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPtjyqgZAUk
The difference being, the Bamboo Lounge didn't really have a choice. CBS does, they're just too craven to take it.
Exactly what I had in mind when I wrote my original comment.
Watch this case get a totally bogus ruling from Trump's pet judge only to see CBS settle before any appeals court can smack it down. This whole thing that Republicans have created enabling them to pick their judge as long as a suit is filed in the correct zip code is ridiculous.
We really need to get some judges who will reliably rule against fascists. We can't get new judges, so I wonder how many liberal judges could be persuaded that cock blocking Republicans is a higher calling right now than impartiality is.
So you want to be just like them, but with the colors you like?
What the fuck else are we supposed to do? Just sit down, write a strongly worded letter, and let Fascism take over the planet? Democrats have been doing that since forever. It's not working. The days of playing by the rules ended in 2016. All bets are off. It's time for them to stop being pussyass bitches, and start fighting fire with fire.
Take the high road, and shove it up your ass.
Ah yeah. You're just as aggressive as them as well, I forgot that part. Lmao
Dude I'm watching my country fall apart, and nobody's doing a god damn thing about it. Of course I'm going to be "aggressive" about it. The question is why is no one else? It's like you don't even care!
I mean, I don't, 'murica isn't the center of the universe or the first country to be taken over by a dictator.
I don't mean you specifically; I'm talking about Americans in general. Of course you don't care, cause it's not your problem. What excuse do US citizens have? Literally all my peers have a similar attitude as you, and they fucking live here.
All the merits of this aside, this is some hilarious banana republic nonsense right there. You absolutely should not be able to file in bumfuck, Texas any time you need a lunatic judge to make an insane ruling, and any judge appointed by the fucking plaintiff should recuse themselves and be disbarred if they don't.
Joke of a judicial system.
Well, it's been that way for quite a while.
And it’s been a joke the whole time. The only difference now is no one’s been this blatant with their abuse of the judicial system
The fascists have gotten so much mileage out of exploiting problems in our government that everyone has known about for decades but that nobody ever bothered to fix.
Well someone has to look dignified and stately as Rome burns!
See what happens when you capitulate to a bully? He doesn’t stop bullying. He pushes more and bullies harder. The only way to stop a bully is to (metaphorically) punch him in his mouth.
Just wait til Pam Bondi decides to take the case up as a federal matter and use federal funds for the thinnest, orange skinned ass lawsuit
Metaphors don't work on people like him.
He is making it so all media is too afraid to post all the shit he is pulling lest they get sued or shut down.
Yeah, this is legit scary. I'm used to media kowtowing to corporate interests for money, or whatever fox does, but somehow this is a lot more chilling.
How do people perceive this big whiny baby to be masculine or strong? He's a bitch. A little bitch.
Because Trump supporters are also whining pieces of shit.
You're right. I forgot to account for relativity.
Trump lost. Voter suppression won. He knows it, and can't deal with being a three time loser
https://sdvoice.info/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won-here-are-the-numbers/
I want so badly to believe the Trump knowing it part of that, but I just think his head is too far up his own ass. I'm willing to bet he probably thinks he won by a record breaking landslide. I hate that mother fucker so goddamn much.
How can you even try to say you were damaged after you win the biggest popularity contest in the world
They should tell him to sit and spin on musk's toothpick dick. What a piece of shit human being. His obituary day will be a fantastic day I will celebrate.
Absolute gold right here:
Is this projection or is he too dumb to understand what she says?
Fascists accuse their enemy of what they are doing so when the tables are turned they call petty retaliation regardless of reality.
Not from what I've seen.
Fuck off with your pro-MAGA bullshit. This isn't YouTube; we're not falling for it.
I have multiple accounts across several instances (in case one goes down). This isn't the "gotcha" you think it is.
What? When?
It’s all you can expect from the bOtH siDeS groupies.
It's fun asking them to prove it. They never seem to be able to, as this absolute broomstick has again shown.
Make sides less important with state level electoral reform. People should be free to vote for who best represents them while still counting their vote if their preference didn't win.
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First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)
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The solution is more democracy, not telling people they get no choice in the matter.
Any updates on your electoral reform campaign in your state Rhoeri?
So you can't point to an example. Got it.
So you can't answer. I'm not even from the US and know better. What's your excuse?
If it's so obvious, why are you unable to provide a single example?
Yes, multiple times, why haven’t you considered the problem might be you?
That’s not an ad hominem. Your ability to follow her speech is directly relevant to your perception that she is unskilled at speaking. I am directly addressing a flaw in your thinking and that isn’t an example of ad hominem as in this case it is germane to the topic at hand.
This is no different than me saying Macron was a bad speaker and you pointing out my belief that he’s a bad speaker might have something to do with the fact that Im not a french speaker. Neither is an example of ad hominem
No, she doesn’t. You might be having trouble following her though that would be a you problem
It might be their job to be understood but that does not mean that when someone cannot understand the politician that it is always the politician’s fault. Sometimes the person listening has the problem.
Is it that hard for you to accept that your opinion isn’t factual and I disagree with you about Harris’ speaking skills?
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength
She was perfectly coherent in the 60 minutes interview.
You misspelled Trump
So, can she then sue him over the Joe Rogan interview?
The bills might just cancel each other out.
I don't think so. This is only possible because it was broadcast media and there are laws about fair use of the airwaves. I'm surprised the 60 minutes suit is still happening though, as Trump declined the offer for an interview.
For reference, $20B is just over the entire market cap of CBS's parent company.
Yes Cheeto, she couldn't possibly be actually coherent because she graduated from law school huh?
You see, anyone who is of a certain type that got a law degree only got it because of DEI. There! Conservatives now have permission to ignore those credentials entirely, unless they are the right type of people.
I saw this amazing video from some conservative talk person breaking down all the Terrible Things in this CBS raw footage. It was so hilariously nothing. Like the entirety of it was look she pauses here so that they can edit in the picture of the interviewer asking the question. That was the whole thing. Like just normal editing techniques. I wasn't expecting much, but good God something at least.
You can't end this with appeasement.
I don't know if they even have that to spend on the deal
Where are the damages again?
Not winning with 500% of the votes he claimed he would per his wager with Putin, who won with a modest 230%.
Ronnie Jackson? The guy whose name he forgot? Yeah, makes total sense
That, and yeah, this is what happens when you give in to mobster wannabes
World tiniest violin...
isn’t that more than twice his net worth?
Didn't he just make stupid billions from his ponzi coin scheme?
Yes and I still think he’s under 10b
Watch the corporate jellyfish move heaven and earth to pay him to go away.
You know...
It's weird how mind-blowingly silent moderates are about Kamala.
I haven't seen a single mocking comment about if she thinks supporting a genocide is still more important than winning the election.
Or being against healthcare reform...
Or being pro-border wall
Or against taxing the wealthy
Or being pro-fracking
Or any of the other ways she pissed off pieces of the Dem party because she wanted donations more than she wanted votes.
You know.... It's weird how giddy the 'progressives' are over the dismantling of cultural norms and suppression of marginal groups who at the very least would have maintained at least a status-quo quality of life rather than being used as a token to pin every social I'll on in a similar fashion to 1940s Germany...
She is currently irrelevant. Her only function is to be studied as an example of failure. I really don't care how she feels and will probably never care what she thinks ever again.
The damage is done, she has nothing left to offer me.
Mind blowing. My mind is blown. Why aren't people blaming Kamala for what Trump is doing? I just don't get it.
Shame-infused cowardice will do that to a person. And the deeper the shame, the more the cowardice will drive the excuses that steer them away from having to live with the consequences of their actions.
My point is:
No one asks if Kamala regrets all her rightwing moves that allowed trump to beat her.
Maybe because this is one of the few times it's personally bad for her?
Because no one is asking her anything. No one wants her to run again, no one is rallying behind her
She ran as basically "generic Democrat". She doesn't have the ideology of Bernie, she doesn't have the relevance of Obama or Biden, and by the end of the campaign she toned down the cutting responses that made Trump look weak and stupid - that could have at least made her part of the conversation
She's not being let off the hook, she's been cut out of the picture
I mean she got completely crushed and her political career is basically over. She was never very popular and she bungled the election in a most moronic fashion. Not much point in kicking her anymore is there?
Her and the DNC bungling the election is the reason why Trump is currently in office. These people are supposed to be the opposition party, remember?
I feel like you just repeated half of my comment and then didn't address anything I said.
What's there to address? I'm agreeing with your assessment of her and just disagreeing with the part about "not kicking her when she's down" since she and the DNC leaders were what stood between us and Trump.
Cuz that's the whole point. My point was it's a waste of time to kick at her cuz she's fucking gone. She's done she's irrelevant. Why would I spend my time on that? The election already cooked her . Now the DNC leadership, who you've added to the conversation, they're active so yeah kick on them all you want and all you can. But she ain't even leadership. She done
If I challenged you to send one email or make one phone call to an entertainer, politician, business leader or anyone else that can get the ear of the press to say to them that they need to use that power to speak out against Israeli genocide every time you felt the need to bring up Kamala Harris, would you do it?
You know….
It’s weird how mind-blowingly obnoxious far lefters are about gEnOciDe.
Especially when we all spent months and months telling them this shit was going to happen. And all we heard in response was “gEnOciDe!” And now- it’s SO much worse than before, that you need to take your complaints and get in line behind:
• Systemic Government Mandated Racism
• The Official Erasure of any acknowledgement that trans people exist.
• A Nazi running our financial department.
• And the EXACT SAME FUCKING GENOCIDE THAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE, but now- with a sparkling exodus to wash it down with.
Seriously… If you thought no one was paying attention back when you all were saying your ”bUt mUh bOtH siDeS tHiNG!”
if you thought you weren’t being heard then….
Rest assured that a LOT less people are listening to it now. And it’s not that anyone is in denial of it. Or minimizing it. No. It that now, everyone is too busy trying to figure out how to protect their children, their partners, and their parents from the consequent of
“mUh gEnoCiDe!:” Campaign 2024.
People are leaving America in droves to get away from the pain that we were told would be brought to us.
We all fucking tried to stop this from happening. We all told you what would happen. We pleaded to be taken seriously. And you called us genocide supporters and fascists. And now, all you can do is point your finger at someone that has absolutely NOTHING to do with this and whine about shit that doesn’t even matter any more?
Seriously… WTF? You people really will go to no end that exists within time or space to avoid the consequences of what you did.
Palestine is either going to be a glass crater, or all Palestinians will be banished from their homeland.
Tell me… honestly-
Did you see all this happening when you told everyone how “bOtH siDeS aRe tHe sAmE”?
This you?
Sure looks to me like you’re trying to blame the people that actually voted.
Go sit down.
I mean, you just hypocritically accused me of something you did yourself. What context is there to miss?
Your comment history is hilarious when read in context with your response.
Self-serving indeed.