'60 Minutes' Kamala Harris Interview At The Center Of Trump's Cbs Lawsuit Receives Emmy Nomination

The arguable "60 Minutes" question and reply astatine nan halfway of President Donald Trump's high-stakes suit against CBS News is now an Emmy-nominated program. 

The nominations for nan 46th News & Documentary Emmy Awards were announced Thursday. "60 Minutes" landed respective nods, astir notably successful nan Outstanding Edited Interview class for its primetime typical featuring then-Vice President Kamala Harris and her moving mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. 

Among nan different nominees successful that class see CBS' interviews pinch Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and nan precocious Pope Francis, arsenic good arsenic NBC's question and reply pinch Celine Dion and ABC's question and reply pinch Brittney Griner.  

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The arguable "60 Minutes" question and reply featuring then-Vice President Kamala Harris was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Edited Interview. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images; Screenshots/CBS News)

"Of people it’s nominated for champion editing because it takes immoderate superior talent to edit Kamala’s reply into thing that’s coherent and understandable, which successful nan extremity they still grounded to do," White House Communications Director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital.

Neither CBS News nor representatives for Trump's ineligible squad responded to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.

Last fall, Trump revenge a $10 cardinal suit (it has since been accrued to $20 billion) against CBS News and its genitor institution Paramount Global for what he alleged was predetermination interference pinch really nan web handled its Harris question and reply successful nan days starring up to nan statesmanlike election. 

The suit stems from an speech Harris had pinch "60 Minutes" analogous Bill Whitaker, who asked her why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn't "listening" to nan Biden administration.

Harris was wide mocked for nan "word salad" reply that aired successful a preview clip of nan question and reply connected "Face nan Nation." However, erstwhile Whitaker asked nan aforesaid mobility during nan primetime special, Harris had a different, much concise response. Critics astatine nan clip accused CBS News of editing Harris' "word salad" answer to shield nan then-vice president from further backlash starring up to Election Day. 

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Earlier this year, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr ordered CBS News to manus complete nan unedited transcript of nan question and reply arsenic portion of its investigation into whether nan web violated nan FCC's "news distortion" argumentation aft a title was filed. CBS had refused to merchandise nan unedited transcript erstwhile nan contention first began. 

The released earthy transcript and footage showed that some sets of Harris' comments came from nan aforesaid response, but CBS News had aired only nan first half of her consequence successful nan "Face nan Nation" preview clip and aired nan 2nd half during nan primetime special. 

In nan months since, CBS News has faced turmoil. Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder, is reportedly successful favour of settling nan suit pinch nan president. Many judge a colony would thief pave nan measurement for Paramount's planned merger pinch Skydance Media successful hopes of preventing imaginable retribution by Trump's FCC, which has nan authority to halt nan multibillion-dollar transaction.

Both parties agreed to mediation which is presently underway, signaling their courtroom feud will consequence successful a settlement. 

Shari Redstone, Paramount Globa's controlling shareholder, reportedly is favoring settling President Trump's CBS suit successful bid to soft complete nan genitor company's merger woody pinch Skydance Media. (Left: (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images), Right: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"60 Minutes" executive shaper Bill Owens, who astatine nan clip refused to apologize for nan Harris interview, resigned past week citing firm unit he said prevented him from maintaining editorial independence. Redstone not only wanted to reportedly "keep tabs" connected upcoming segments involving Trump, she reportedly urged CBS execs to hold immoderate delicate reporting connected Trump until aft nan merger woody closed pinch Skydance.

The speculation was affirmed by journalists connected "CBS Evening News" and "60 Minutes" who saluted nan beloved web shaper on-air while addressing Trump's looming lawsuit. 

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One CBS News insider told Fox News Digital that everyone astatine nan web is "on edge" complete nan ongoing drama. 

"Nobody knows nan adjacent footwear that will drop," they told Fox News Digital. "And internally, it's conscionable very chaotic because everyone doesn't cognize what will hap next."

CBS staffers judge Trump's lawsuit is "BS" and that nary 1 wants to spot Paramount settle. Some are moreover "scared" astir nan imaginable of a settlement, believing it will "hurt nan news section and nan cognition of it." 

A CBS News staffer told Fox News Digital nan newsroom has been "very chaotic" since nan melodramatic exit of "60 Minutes" executive shaper Bill Owens.  (James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images; Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images)