And the victories just keep coming for President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, a judge ruled that the dismissal complaint from CBS and Paramount to be “moot” as the election interference and news distortion lawsuit continues to move forward.
The president filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News back in October, making accusations against the outlet for how it handled the “60 Minutes” interview featuring then-Vice President Kamala Harris, saying that the network was aiding Harris through the use of deceptive editing techniques just days before the election.
Trump’s legal team amended the original lawsuit last week after the release of the unedited transcript and raw interview footage of the now infamous interview. They added Paramount Global as a defendant as they are the parent company of CBS News, going on to cite that the interview was now platformed on Paramount+ streaming service.
And that’s not all. It also added Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas as a plaintiff and upped the damages from $10 billion to $20 billion.
“U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk denied a motion from CBS and Paramount, who were seeking to dismiss for failing to state a claim and for improper venue,” Fox News reported.
“Plaintiffs add a Defendant, a Plaintiff, and a litany of factual allegations and legal claims in their Amended Complaint. Accordingly, the Motions are denied as moot,” Kacsmaryk stated in the decision.
Fox then said, “CBS sought to dismiss the case because it believed Texas is an improper venue, with the case being transferred from Texas to New York as an alternative. Kacsmaryk’s moot ruling means it will remain in Texas for the time being.”
Both companies now have 21 days in order to renew the motion to dismiss based on the amended complaint.
Judge Kacsmaryk also stated, “Nothing in this Order shall be construed as a determination on the merits of either Plaintiffs’ or Defendants’ substantive arguments and claims in the Motions or Amended Complaint.”
No matter how hard these companies try, it will never erase the full, unedited video and transcript of this interview. The world is getting a firsthand look at how leftist news organizations manipulate news coverage in order to create left-wing propaganda. It’s not a conspiracy theory. This is a fact.
Add the deceptive practices CBS engaged in with the fact that records have been found by DOGE that several news publications have been receiving funds from the government. How can anyone, with a straight face, say the mainstream media are anything other than propagandists, hired storytellers for the Democratic Party?