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Attorneys for CBS are asking a federal judge in Texas to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump accusing the network of engaging in “naked forum-shopping” as part of an effort to have the case heard by a judge that may be more amenable to the president’s claims

The now-$20 billion suit stems from the network’s October 2024, “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. It claims the aired footage was deceptively “doctored” to “tip the scales” in favor of Democrats, which amounted to “unlawful election interference.”

The long-shot complaint was filed in November 2024 in the Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division, where U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — a Trump appointee known to be particularly receptive to conservative lawsuits — is the lone federal judge. The problem, according attorneys for CBS and its parent company, Paramount Global, is that the court has no jurisdiction because none of the allegations in the complaint have any connection to the Lone Star State.

“Plaintiff Donald J. Trump, a citizen of Florida, brings this lawsuit against three media companies, all of which are based in New York, over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that took place in Washington, D.C., was edited in New York, and was later broadcast across the United States from New York,” the opening line of the network’s 33-page motion states. “President Trump knows well that he cannot simply select his preferred jurisdiction when that jurisdiction bears little or no relationship to the events giving rise to his claim.”

Likely anticipating the defendants’ would challenge the suit on jurisdictional grounds, Trump last month added as a co-plaintiff to the action: Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, a Republican from Amarillo who previously served as Trump’s White House doctor.

The amended complaint states that Jackson is “a consumer of broadcast and digital news media content,” including content from CBS, and “he has thus been injured.”

Lawyers for CBS say they plan to demand that President Donald Trump — who is allegedly letting DOGE pillage U.S. treasury data, according to multiple lawsuits — fork over his own personal finance information to the network, should he follow through with his $20 billion lawsuit against it over a Kamala Harris “60 Minutes” interview from last year, which he claims was deceptively “doctored.”

“Defendants believe discovery is needed into President Trump’s personal financials, as well as the financials of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign organizations and of Trump Media & Technology Group, including with respect to Truth Social and the $TRUMP meme crypto project,” wrote CBS lawyers in a joint proposed scheduling order filed Tuesday in the Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division, where Trump and Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, a Republican who previously served as Trump’s White House doctor, are suing the network for being “deceived and misled” by the October 2024 interview.

“Defendants further anticipate that discovery will be needed into President Trump’s legal relationship, if any, with the Donald J. Trump for President 2024 campaign and the Trump Media & Technology Group,” the scheduling order adds.

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Trump’s lawsuit against CBS stems from two “60 Minutes” clips of Harris answering a question about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East. His suit claims the network edited the vice president’s response to make her more appealing to voters and to avoid “one of Harris’ most embarrassing weaknesses,” which it claims was “her habit of uttering ‘word salads’ — i.e., jumbles of exceptionally incoherent speech that drew disapproval even from dyed-in-the-wool Democratic commentators.” The suit says CBS was “looking to profit from manufactured enthusiasm for Harris” by using allegedly “doctored” footage, which they claim was an “unethical and unlawful” attempt to “sabotage a Republican presidential candidate” and “tip the scales” in favor of Democrats ahead of the 2024 election.

Earlier this month, Trump amended his complaint and added a new claim of “unfair competition,” as well as Rep. Jackson as his co-plaintiff after receiving pushback from CBS lawyers for filing the lawsuit in Texas. Trump’s lawyers say editing the Harris interview ultimately violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (DTPA). CBS alleges that Trump was simply “judge shopping” when choosing the Lone Star State, as he lives in Florida and CBS is based in New York. The network had motioned to dismiss the Trump suit on account of this in prior court filings, which led Trump to add Jackson in response.

The judge overseeing the case, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — a Trump appointee — is the lone federal judge in Amarillo. CBS has argued in court filings that both the federal Lanham Act and Texas statute only govern commercial speech and not political or editorial speech. In a Dec. 6 motion to dismiss, the network’s lawyers noted how Trump’s original complaint “over and over admits that it challenges editorial decision-making, not commercial speech or advertising.” The network has pointed to the complaint’s description of “Face the Nation” — which promoted the Harris interview — as a “morning news show,” referring repeatedly to “news distortion” and alleging that CBS engaged in “deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news” or “rigging or slanting [of] the news,” according to the court filings.

“There can be no serious argument that President Trump’s claim arises out of commercial speech, as required for a viable DTPA claim,” the network’s lawyers argued in motion this month. “For this reason alone, the action fails.”

On Tuesday, the CBS legal team said discovery would likely be needed to address multiple issues that come to mind for them related to Trump’s lawsuit and its allegations against the network.

“Discovery is also needed into, inter alia, whether Plaintiffs have purchased goods or services from Defendants (and whether Rep. Jackson agreed to arbitrate claims relating to CBS’ services); what confusion (if any) was created by the interview and actions taken in connection with such confusion; whether Plaintiffs relied upon any alleged misrepresentation in taking any action or failing to take any action; and the basis for the damages alleged,” the scheduling order says.

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Trump’s suit originally demanded that CBS and Paramount Global — the network’s parent company — cough up $10 billion for the Harris interview, which he now calls “an act of unfair competition” and “unfair advantage” against his Truth Social network under the Lanham Act, in addition to unlawful “election and voter interference.” Trump is also claiming that CBS falsely advertised the interview with a preview for it during an episode of “Face the Nation” last fall.

“Defendants’ deceptive advertising and ‘slice-and-dice’ manipulation of the Interview was also an act of unfair competition against President Trump, a significant owner of shares in publicly traded company Trump Media & Technology Group Corp,” the amended complaint says. “TMTG owns President Trump’s wildly popular social media platform Truth Social, in which President Trump owns a substantial share, and which is one of Defendants’ competitors in the broadcast, online, and digital media content creation spaces.”

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