Trump's lawsuit against CBS expands after release of '60 Minutes' transcript, adds Paramount as defendant | 8 Feb 2025 | President Donald Trump's lawsuit against CBS News was expanded following the release of the unedited transcript and raw footage of its 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. According to a Friday filing from Trump's legal team reviewed by Fox News Digital, the lawsuit is adding CBS News' parent company Paramount Global as a defendant, citing how the 60 Minutes election special was platformed on its Paramount+ streaming service. Additionally, the lawsuit is adding Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, as a plaintiff. "Representative Jackson is a consumer of broadcast and digital news media content in this State, District, and Division, including the broadcast and digital news media content from Defendants at issue in this action, and he has thus been injured by Defendants' conduct alleged herein," the amended complaint states.