White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview
Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to put out new interview with president in full and without editsDonald Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning CBS News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and without edits – or...
<p>Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to put out new interview with president in full and without edits</p><p>Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/cbs">CBS</a> News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and without edits – or “we’ll sue your ass off”.</p><p>Trump “said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,’” Leavitt told CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil after he had interviewed the president, according to an audio exchange first <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/media/cbs-news-trump-interview.html">reported</a> on by the New York Times. The 13-minute exclusive segment aired on Tuesday, months after CBS’ parent company Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16m over its editing of an unrelated interview ahead of the 2024 election that vaulted him to a second presidency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/white-house-press-secretary-cbs-trump-interview">Continue reading...</a>
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