CBS agrees to release Harris's '60 Minutes' interview transcripts

CBS News has agreed to release the transcripts of the infamous pre-2024 election interview that it did with former Vice President Kamala Harris. 

The agreement, according to the Daily Mail, came last week.

This comes as President Donald Trump has brought a $10 billion lawsuit against the outlet.

First, we'll take a look at the background of this situation, then we'll show you the latest developments.

Background

CBS's interview of Harris took place back in October 2024. This was just before the 2024 presidential election, but it was after Harris replaced then-President Joe Biden as the Democrats' presidential nominee.

Breitbart News reports:

The Harris interview initially drew attention because CBS News showed Harris giving completely different responses to a question posed by correspondent Bill Whitaker in clips that were aired on “Face the Nation” on Oct. 6 and the next night on “60 Minutes.” The network said each clip came from a lengthy response by Harris to Whitaker’s question, but they were edited to fit time constraints on both broadcasts.

In other words, it looked a lot like CBS was essentially working for Harris's election campaign.

In response, Trump filed a $10 million lawsuit. "In his lawsuit, filed in Texas on Nov. 1, Trump charged it was deceptive editing designed to benefit Harris and constituted 'partisan and unlawful acts of voter interference.'"

Trump continues to move forward with this lawsuit, despite the fact that he dispatched of Harris in the election, and this is for the simple reason that this is a big deal.

The latest

The fight against CBS has also been joined by Trump's newly appointed FCC Chairman, Brendan Carr. Just after taking office, with the Trump administration, Carr took up the issue, and it would appear that he is already getting results.

The Daily Mail reports:

CBS News, which is owned by Paramount, confirmed they will hand over the 'full, unedited transcript and camera feeds' of Harris' October interview to the Federal Communications Commission.

The outlet confirmed this in a statement that it released.

It wrote:

CBS News will provide the Federal Communications Commission with the transcript and camera feeds from a "60 Minutes" interview at the center of a complaint alleging news distortion. The FCC sent a letter of inquiry on Wednesday demanding the "full, unedited transcript and camera feeds" from an October interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris about her candidacy for president. "We are working to comply with that inquiry as we are legally compelled to do," CBS News said in a statement.

The big question now is what the transcript is going to show. We'll see.