Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump that had alleged an interview that aired on CBS’s “60 Minutes” last year with Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent for the presidency, was deceptively edited.

The move comes as a striking concession in a case that has been seen as a threat to bedrock American principles of free speech.Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a legal dispute with President Donald Trump over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris last October.

CBS parent company Paramount Global will pay President Donald Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit over edits to an October interview conducted with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in 2024.