Posted on 02/07/2025 3:04:55 PM PST by Libloather
President Trump is angling for a massive payout from CBS – significantly more than what he accepted from ABC and Meta – to settle his $10 billion lawsuit over alleged election interference, The Post has learned.
Sources with knowledge of the negotiations told The Post that Trump’s lawyers are poised to ask for as much as nine figures – a sum that would vastly exceed the $16 million recently paid by ABC and the $25 million doled out by Meta in recent weeks.
The two sides began “very preliminary” discussions last week over the controversial “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, which Trump has claimed was deceptively edited to boost the Democrat in the presidential race.
Trump’s team has yet to propose a settlement offer to Paramount, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told The Post.
But a source close to Trump’s legal team said he would not be surprised if the president demanded $100 million — or more.
“Is $100 million or $150 million a possibility? I don’t see why not,” the source said.
The expected nine-figure opening salvo from Team Trump would be similar to the hard-knuckle negotiating tactics used by his legal team against ABC in its defamation suit after star anchor George Stephanopoulos insisted that Trump was “found liable of rape,” the source added.
Those negotiations involved Donald Trump Jr., according to the insider.
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BTTT
No less than 5 billion and a bankruptcy
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