CBS News and its parent company Paramount Global filed a motion to dismiss President Trump's lawsuit, hoping to end his high-stakes legal battle that could cost the company big money.

Paramount on Thursday asked a federal judge in Texas to dismiss the $20-billion lawsuit. The media company separately has agreed to have a mediator look at the case.

Paramount Global And CBS’ legal team issued a broadside against Donald Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris, as the network has characterized the litigation as an “affront to the First Amendment.

CBS News’s parent company Paramount filed a pair of motions in district court to dismiss President Trump’s $20 billion federal lawsuit stemming from the “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris just before the 2024 presidential election.

CBS News' parent company, Paramount Global, has filed a pair of motions seeking to dismiss President Donald Trump's $20 billion lawsuit against the news organization. The presiden

CBS on Thursday filed two motions to dismiss an amended complaint to the lawsuit filed against it by President Trump before he took office last October. Why it matters: CBS is under extraordinary pressure to resolve its legal battle with the president as it awaits regulatory approval for a merger between its parent company Paramount and Skydance Media.

CBS News' parent company is trying to get President Trump's $20 billion lawsuit against the network thrown out, arguing that it is an "affront to the First Amendment and is without basis in law or fact.