CBS Seeks Dismissal of President Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit

CBS is asking a judge to dismiss President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit.

This has to do with the 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris that was edited.

The network’s attorneys argue that President Trump failed to identify any legal issues with the interview.

They also say that his lawsuit wrongly invoked a Texas consumer protection law.

You see, President Trump’s claims that CBS aired manipulated footage.

And it was manipulated to protect Harris.

Why was the network editing the interview? Trying to polish her responses?

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Washington Examiner reports:

CBS asked a judge on Friday to dismiss Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the network, saying the president-elect failed to identify any legal problems with 60 Minutes’s recent interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Attorneys for the network wrote in court filings that Trump improperly accused CBS of violating a Texas consumer protection law that had nothing to do with a media outlet’s editorial practices. Trump also could not explain “how he arrived at $10 billion in purported damages” caused to his campaign and failed to include his campaign as a plaintiff, rendering the lawsuit “irrelevant,” the attorneys said.

“Whether viewed through the lens of standing, statutory construction, or the First Amendment, President Trump’s claim does not withstand scrutiny,” the attorneys wrote.

The lawsuit centers on a 60 Minutes’s interview with Harris that first aired on Oct. 5, weeks before the presidential election. CBS News aired on two different programs two different responses that Harris gave to a question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prompting outrage from the president and his supporters.

“Her REAL ANSWER WAS CRAZY, OR DUMB, so they actually REPLACED it with another answer in order to save her or, at least, make her look better,” Trump wrote at the time. “A FAKE NEWS SCAM, which is totally illegal. TAKE AWAY THE CBS LICENSE.”

Here’s a brief overview on the lawsuit President Trump filed:

Salon adds:

CBS is asking for a dismissal of the $10 billion lawsuit that President-elect Donald Trump filed against the network in October.

In a filing on Friday, the network argued that Trump’s suit was filed in a court that had no “personal jurisdiction” over CBS. Trump’s team filed in the conservative-friendly Northern District of Texas. As CBS’ operations are based in New York City, they argued that the Texas court was not the appropriate venue.

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