CBS' parent company will pay $16 million to President Trump over a “60 Minutes” episode aired last fall, during the closing weeks of the election

Paramount Global, CBS’s corporate parent, agreed to pay $16 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview that Whitaker conducted with Harris just before the 2024 presidential

The move comes as a striking concession in a case that has been seen as a threat to bedrock American principles of free speech.