Exhibit 956 · News report
Paramount, President Trump reach $16 million settlement over “60 Minutes” lawsuit
Paramount also agreed that “60 Minutes” will release transcripts of interviews with presidential candidates in the future, “subject to redactions as required for legal or national security concerns,” the statement said.
CBS News, a Paramount unit, reports the company’s announcement that it will pay $16 million (allocated to Mr. Trump’s future presidential library and the plaintiffs’ fees and costs), that the settlement included no apology, and that “60 Minutes” will release transcripts of interviews with presidential candidates. States that FCC approval was necessary for the Skydance merger and had not been given.
- Source
- CBS News
- Date
- 2 July 2025
- Quoted from
- Paragraph beginning “Paramount also agreed”
- Grade
- Reported
- Document
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-settlement
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Reported. The outlet reporting is owned by the settling party. Replace with Paramount’s statement of 1 July 2025 and the stipulation of dismissal in the N.D. Tex. docket.