Trump, Paramount In 'advanced' Settlement Negotiations Over '60 Minutes' Lawsuit, Court Filing Says

The latest tribunal filing successful President Donald Trump's suit against Paramount Global signals a colony is perchance successful reach, perchance earlier nan July 4th vacation weekend. 

Lawyers for some parties requested a region of each proceedings "until July 3, 2025," according to Monday's filing. 

"The Parties respectfully taxable that bully origin to enactment each proceedings exists because nan Parties are engaged successful bully faith, advanced, colony negotiations," nan lawyers told a Texas judge.

Paramount did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. Representatives for Trump's ineligible squad declined to comment. 

Lawyers for Paramount Global and President Donald Trump opportunity they are "engaged successful bully faith, precocious colony negotiations." (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

CBS BLASTS TRUMP'S LAWSUIT AS ‘MERITLESS’ DESPITE RECENT $15 MILLION SETTLEMENT OFFER

Last week, it was reported that a mediator suggested a $20 cardinal settlement that would see $17 cardinal towards a statesmanlike room successful summation to paying ineligible fees and airing nationalist work announcements connected each Paramount networks astir combating antisemitism. Trump antecedently rejected Paramount's $15 cardinal colony offer, demanding astatine slightest $25 cardinal and an apology, thing Paramount wasn't consenting to give. 

"President Trump is committed to holding those who postulation successful clone news, hoaxes, and lies to account," Trump lawyer Ed Paltzik told Fox News Digital successful a connection past week. "CBS and Paramount targeted nan President successful an effort to harm his estimation while committing nan worst benignant of predetermination interference and fraud successful nan closing days of nan astir important statesmanlike predetermination successful history. President Trump will prosecute this captious matter to its conscionable and rightful conclusion."

President Donald Trump revenge a $20 cardinal suit against Paramount Global and CBS News complete predetermination interference allegations.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

'60 MINUTES' KAMALA HARRIS INTERVIEW AT CENTER OF TRUMP LAWSUIT RUNS AFOUL OF CRONKITE-ERA CBS GUIDELINES

Last October, Trump sued CBS News and Paramount for $10 cardinal complete allegations of predetermination interference involving nan "60 Minutes" question and reply of then-Vice President Kamala Harris that aired weeks earlier nan statesmanlike predetermination (the magnitude later jumped to $20 billion).

The suit alleges CBS News deceitfully edited 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 nan aforesaid mobility aired during a primetime typical connected nan network, Harris had a different, much concise response. Critics astatine nan clip accused CBS News of deceitfully editing Harris' "word salad" answer to shield nan Democratic nominee from further backlash starring up to Election Day.

An speech from nan "60 Minutes" predetermination typical betwixt analogous Bill Whitaker and then-Vice President Kamala Harris is astatine nan halfway of President Donald Trump's $20 cardinal lawsuit. (Screenshots/CBS News)

The raw transcript and footage released earlier this twelvemonth by nan FCC 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. 

CBS News has denied immoderate wrongdoing and stands by nan broadcast and its reporting.

Shari Redstone, Paramount's controlling shareholder who recused herself from colony discussions successful February, made clear that she wanted to settee Trump's suit successful hopes of clearing nan pathway for Paramount's multibillion-dollar planned merger pinch Skydance Media, which needs support from nan Trump administration's FCC. 

There has been newsroom drama successful caller months involving Redstone's efforts to "keep tabs" connected nan network's reporting of Trump, astatine slightest until nan merger closes. That led to nan abrupt resignations of "60 Minutes" executive shaper Bill Owens, who claimed he could nary longer support editorial independence, successful April, and CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon successful May.

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