Trump campaign sends letter to CBS demanding unedited '60 Minutes' Harris transcript, teases potential lawsuit

EXCLUSIVE - The Trump run sent a missive to CBS News demanding it merchandise the unedited transcript of its "60 Minutes" interrogation with Vice President Kamala Harris, Fox News Digital has learned. 

In a transcript of the missive obtained by Fox News Digital, Trump's ineligible counsel Edward Andrew Paltzik, penning connected behalf of erstwhile President Trump, said that CBS News "intentionally misled the nationalist by broadcasting a skillfully edited interrogation transcript… aimed astatine causing disorder among the electorate regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’s abilities, intelligence, and appeal." 

"News organizations specified arsenic CBS person a work to accurately correspond the information of events, not distort an interrogation to effort and marque their preferred campaigner look coherent and decisive, which Harris astir surely is not," the lawyer wrote. "Due to CBS’ actions, the nationalist cannot separate which Kamala Harris they are seeing: the campaigner oregon the puppet of a behind-the-scenes editor."

TRUMP CAMPAIGN FIRES BACK AT ‘60 MINUTES’ AFTER SHOW DEFENDS KAMALA HARRIS EDITING ‘NOT A DENIAL’

Former President Trump is threatening to instrumentality ineligible enactment against CBS News implicit the editing of its "60 Minutes" interrogation of Vice President Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The missive comes aft "60 Minutes" released a connection declaring Trump's accusation that it deceptively edited the Harris interrogation arsenic "false." But Trump's ineligible squad has doubled down.

"President Trump is rightly alleging that CBS’s ‘doctoring’ of Harris’s answers connected 60 Minutes was deceptive. The allegation is not simply that CBS was dishonest; it is that CBS deceived viewers into reasoning Harris’ reply was, astatine the precise least—as CBS enactment it—more ‘succinct’ than the connection crockery it really was," Paltzik wrote. "The executives and producers astatine CBS, and 60 Minutes successful particular, are unquestionably alert that the intent down editing the Interview was to confuse the electorate and represent the Vice President successful a amended airy than a full, unedited transcript would reveal. Responsible quality sources indispensable beryllium held accountable to the highest standards."

"We truthful request that you instantly supply and publically merchandise the full, unedited transcript of the 60 Minutes Interview with Kamala Harris. Additionally, successful contemplation of imaginable litigation, we request that you sphere each communications and documents relating to this Interview, unneurotic with immoderate edits of the Interview’s content, and that you refrain from destroying immoderate applicable communications oregon documents. Kindly corroborate receipt of this missive wrong 48 hours and further corroborate your volition to cooperate with these demands," the missive continued. 

CBS News did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

CBS NEWS BREAKS ITS SILENCE OVER EDITING ALLEGATIONS IN '60 MINUTES' INTERVIEW WITH HARRIS

CBS News is facing mounting unit to merchandise the unedited transcript of its "60 Minutes" Kamala Harris interview.  (Getty Images)

"60 Minutes" attempted to explicate the discrepancy betwixt what aired during a preview clip connected "Face The Nation" and what aired during its primetime predetermination peculiar the adjacent day. 

"60 Minutes gave an excerpt of our interrogation to Face the Nation that utilized a longer conception of her reply than that connected 60 Minutes. Same question. Same answer. But a antithetic information of the response," the web said connected Sunday. "When we edit immoderate interview, whether a politician, an athlete, oregon movie star, we strive to beryllium clear, close and connected point. The information of her reply connected 60 Minutes was much succinct, which allows clip for different subjects successful a wide ranging 21-minute-long segment."

CBS News appeared to swipe the erstwhile president for not sitting down with "60 Minutes," penning "Remember, Mr. Trump pulled retired of his interrogation with 60 Minutes and the vice president participated," adding that their invitation for an interrogation remains open.

‘60 MINUTES' UNDER FIRE FOR KAMALA HARRIS EDITING DECISION, HAS HISTORY OF LIBERAL CONTROVERSIES

CBS News raised eyebrows for releasing 2 versions of speech "60 Minutes" analogous Bill Whitaker had with Vice President Kamala Harris." (Screenshots/CBS News)

Harris was mocked by conservatives for offering a lengthy "word salad" erstwhile she was asked wherefore it seemed similar Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the U.S. 

"Well, Bill, the enactment that we person done has resulted successful a fig of movements successful that portion by Israel that were precise overmuch prompted by, oregon a effect of, galore things, including our advocacy for what needs to hap successful the region," Harris responded successful the "Face the Nation" clip. 

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However, a shorter, much focused answer from the vice president was shown to the aforesaid question the pursuing night.

"We are not going to halt pursuing what is indispensable for the United States to beryllium wide astir wherever we basal connected the request for this warfare to end," Harris said successful the primetime special. 

Trump took to Truth Social earlier connected Monday penning "When volition CBS merchandise their Transcript of the fraudulent Interview with Comrade Kamala Harris? They changed her reply successful bid to marque Kamala look intelligent, alternatively than "dumb arsenic a rock." This whitethorn beryllium the Biggest Scandal successful Broadcast History! CBS MUST GET THE TRANSCRIPT OUT NOW — Litigation has already started. Harris wasn’t capable to enactment 2 sentences together, truthful they wholly removed her answer, and enactment successful different one. The Public has a close to cognize what was changed to prevention this TOTALLY UNFIT Presidential Candidate from our Country’s Voters. SHE IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!: