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Somebody, likely not Mark Twain, once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” I was reminded of that observation when I read the latest news in President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News, a division of the broadcast network owned by Paramount Global.
As you will recall, in the waning days of the 2024 presidential election, then-Republican Party candidate Trump sued CBS News in Texas claiming it violated the state’s consumer protection law by misleading voters. The complaint alleged that the media company had “deceptively” edited a 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, the then-Democratic Party presidential candidate, in a way that gave her an advantage in the election.
The suit originally asked for $10 billion dollars in damages. It was amended, in February 2025, to seek $20 billion. When updating the case, Trump’s lawyers added claims for “unfair competition under the federal Lanham Act.” And in what appears to be a response to CBS’ request to move the case to New York because neither of the parties resided in Texas, the Trump team added Texas Republican congressman Ronny Jackson as co-plaintiff. The amended suit says Jackson was also “misled” by the 60 Minutes interview.
Trump has since threatened CBS and 60 Minutes for other reporting with which he disagreed. On April 13, he took to his social media platform to complain about an episode which included an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not long after their awkward White House meeting, and a piece about