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President Donald Trump reacted to the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) merchandise of the afloat transcript from an October CBS News interrogation with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, arguing the outlet "defrauded the public."
"CBS and 60 Minutes defrauded the nationalist by doing thing which has never, to this extent, been seen before. They 100% removed Kamala’s horrible election-changing answers to questions, and replaced them with wholly different, and acold better, answers, taken from different portion of the interview," Trump wrote Thursday connected Truth Social.
"This was Election-changing ‘stuff,’ Election Interference and, rather simply, Election Fraud astatine a level ne'er seen before. CBS should suffer its license, and the cheaters astatine 60 Minutes should each beryllium thrown out, and this disreputable ‘NEWS’ amusement should beryllium instantly terminated," helium continued.
The FCC released the unedited transcript and video handed implicit by CBS News connected Wednesday of its "60 Minutes" interrogation with Harris that was conducted conscionable weeks earlier the 2024 statesmanlike election.
Bill Whitaker’s "60 Minutes" interrogation with Vice President Kamala Harris is astatine the halfway of a high-stakes lawsuit. (Screenshots/CBS News)
The earthy transcript showed CBS News had aired lone the archetypal fractional of her effect to "60 Minutes" analogous Bill Whitaker's question astir Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "not listening" to the Biden medication successful a preview clip that aired connected "Face the Nation," but aired lone the 2nd fractional of her effect during the primetime special.
"But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening," Whitaker said successful the October 2024 interview. "The Wall Street Journal said that he— that your medication has repeatedly been blindsided by Netanyahu, and successful fact, helium has rebuffed conscionable astir each of your administration's entreaties."
FCC Chair Brandon Carr said CBS News' behaviour was hard to explain.
"CBS's behaviour is hard to explain," Carr told Fox News Digital. "On the 1 hand, CBS instantly released the unredacted transcript of a caller interrogation with Vice President Vance. Yet for months they refused to merchandise the 1 with Vice President Harrris."
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President Donald Trump responded to the CBS transcript merchandise connected Thursday. (Left: (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images), Right: (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images), Right: Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CBS News did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.
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Fox News' Brian Flood and Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
Hanna Panreck is an subordinate exertion astatine Fox News.
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