White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt threatened CBS News with a lawsuit if it did not run an interview with President Donald Trump in full, The New York Times reports. Leavitt told
CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, “He said, 'If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.'” Some witnesses said the threat was made in jest. But Trump sued CBS
in 2024 over the editing of a "60 Minutes" interview, and CBS settled for $16 million.
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