The controversial “60 Minutes” segment that triggered a $20 billion lawsuit from President Donald Trump against CBS has now been recognized by the television industry with what they hail as a prestigious Emmy Award nomination.
The segment, which aired last fall and featured an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, was nominated Thursday for “Outstanding Edited Interview” by the News & Documentary Emmy Awards. As Breitbart News points out, the recognition comes despite — or perhaps because of — the very aspect that infuriated the president: its editing.
Trump’s lawsuit alleges that the interview was “deceptively edited to make his Democratic election opponent look good.” The complaint, filed against CBS, claims the editing misrepresented facts and unfairly portrayed Harris in a favorable light during a critical period of the presidential campaign.
The 60 Minutes nomination places it in direct competition for the Emmy award with high-profile interviews featuring singer Celine Dion, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Pope Francis, and WNBA star Brittney Griner. Winners will be announced in late June.
The fallout from the Harris interview continues to impact CBS News. Although the network insists it acted within journalistic bounds, its parent company, Paramount Global, is reportedly in talks to settle with Trump.
Former 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens, who opposed any settlement, resigned last month. In his resignation, Owens cited corporate constraints placed on him in the wake of the Harris interview, which is also under investigation by Trump’s newly appointed FCC chairman.
Trump addressed the controversy again this week, taking to Truth Social on Wednesday to blast The New York Times, which published a piece the day before characterizing the lawsuit as meritless. The article noted that “legal experts have called the suit baseless and an easy victory for CBS.”
“They don’t mean that, they just have a non-curable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” the president wrote, adding that he’s considering legal action against the newspaper as well.
In response, The New York Times issued a statement: “The New York Times will not be deterred by the administration’s intimidation tactics.”
