Sen. Bernie Sanders urges CBS News to 'stand tall' as network reportedly considers settling Trump lawsuit ($10 billion)

Fox News ^ | 1/24/25 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

[Libloather]

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging CBS News not to "cave" to President Donald Trump as the network is reportedly mulling a settlement to end its legal scuffle with the 47th Commander in Chief.

In October, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News alleging election interference over its handling of the "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the network of aiding his Democratic rival through deceptive editing. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that CBS parent company Paramount Global is considering settling the suit ahead of a planned merger that ultimately must pass muster with the new Trump administration.

Sanders took to X on Friday to sound the alarm on the prospects of a settlement.

"CBS may be reaching a legal settlement with Trump because he didn't like how a campaign interview with Kamala was edited. Really?" Sanders reacted. "If CBS caves, the belief that we have an independent media protected by the First Amendment is undermined."

"CBS: stand tall. Support the Constitution," the progressive lawmaker added.

CBS News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Trump's lawsuit against CBS News stems from an exchange Harris had with "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker. In a preview clip that aired on "Face the Nation," Harris was asked why it seemed like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the U.S.

"Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by, or a result of, many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region," Harris responded in the "Face the Nation" clip.

[Libloather]

The commies are having trouble.

[pepsionice]

Perhaps a deal? Pay down $1-billion and put Barron on a guaranteed seat of the board (with stock) for 10 years?

[cgbg]

“independent media”

Lol.

See my tagline.

When ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC use the exact same language on a story that is kinda a clue they are not “independent”.

[cgbg]

Alex Jones on the Board—or no deal.

Lol.

[ProudDeplorable]

Paramount needs to cut ties with CBS and just stay in the movie business. These propaganda arms are too costly - just ask Disney.

[BobL]

Hopefully any settlement is for a billion or more. Trump should at least total-up his legal bills since 2015 and have CBS pay him back for that cost, since virtually none of his legal bills would have happened without a complicit media telling lie after lie.

And if CBS doesn’t like having to carry the full cost of the smears against Trump, then they can go to court and sue the other major outlets (CNN, ABC...) to help them out.

[marktwain]

The truth is always a defense.

CBS lied. They put forward a lie as the truth.

Lies put forward for a malignant purpose are not covered by the First Amendment.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

---- "Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging CBS News not to 'cave' to President Donald Trump ...."

To prove himself, Mt. Sanders could offer to backstop CBS with some of his own assets, in the eventuality that President Trump wins a judgment. "Skin in the game," so to speak.

Sanders won't, of course. He just wanted his name mentioned again.

[eeriegeno]

This guy Ernie Saunders is getting to be a real pain in the ass! Are all people from Vermont like him?????

[Tommy Revolts]

He should know about election rigging. Feel the burn.

[HIDEK6]

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging CBS News not to "cave" to President Donald Trump …

It’s not his money, after all.

[neverevergiveup]

Saunders should go to Venezuela, or North Korea.

[DownInFlames]

Watch what happens in the $100 million lawsuit against the view.

[Ann Archy]

BUTT OUT you FUGLY COMMUNIST!

[maddog55]

Bernie Sanders.. the communist millionaire that hates capitalism.

[Candor7]

Bweniw Sanders has never stood tall in his entire sordid socialist life. He rose through the morass of Vermont's radical leftist politics as a proletarian, became the Village Idiot Mayor of Burlington Vermont winning by 10 votes, and has been accumulating wealth ever since, thereby abandoning his lefty electorate and sucking on whatever neo- Marxist sauce that comes along like AOC.

Now Bernie Sanders lives in several properties , including a traditional estate overlooking Lake Champlain in Vermont, and a Washington Town House worth $750,000.

The New York elite left tried to bankrupt Donald Trump based on a false real estate evaluation concerning consumer mortgage laws, a falsely alleged crime that was victimless. All the banks had agreed to the property evaluations in due diligence, and they were repayed in full with interest. But such normal capitalist financing inflamed new York States neo Marxists, including Bernie Sanders.So they violated the civil rights of Donald Trump.

This CBS lawsuit involves a kind of class warfare. And Donald Trump is winning against these neo-Marxists. HUZZZZAH!

Now Bernie is advising CBS Neo Marxists to stand tall? Nah. Hit them hard Donald.....soak them for every penny you can get.CBS broke the law, and they did it to help ruin America. Meanwhile Bernie, the fake proletarian village idiot, lives in his neo-MArxist estates, tucked away like a parasitic tick on the rectum of America's body politic, waiting to launch himself onto the next POS that comes along.

The neo-Marxist luxurious Lake Champlain residence of parasite Bernie Sanders, the fake proletarian:

Video : Bernie Sanders | House Tour | $500,000 Washington D.C. Mansion & More

[Da Coyote]

Good old Bertie. Never had a real job. Never will. He did the only thing allowing a no-talent to become a millionaire - become a congress-critter.

[Bernard]

He’s actually from New York City. After college, instead of moving back home, he moved to the Whitest place in America. Not that he’s a racist or anything like that.

[VTenigma]

Umm, no, and he’s from New Yawk.

[lurk]

Senator Sanders is 83 yrs old.