CBS hits back at Trump's legal threat citing First Amendment rights: 'We decline' to release full transcript
SUMMARY
CBS News has rejected former President Donald Trump's legal threat demanding the release of the full transcript of a "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump’s attorney accused the network of editing the interview to present Harris in a better light and asked CBS to preserve related documents for a potential lawsuit. In a response letter, CBS Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs, Gayle C. Sproul, denied the accusations, stating that the interview was edited for time, not to mislead viewers. CBS maintained that the editing was done to fit the 21-minute segment and insisted that no part of Harris’s response was hidden. The network cited the First Amendment, refusing to release the unedited transcript, saying, "There is no legal basis for your demand." CBS firmly rejected Trump’s claims, defending its editorial decisions as appropriate and protected by law.
