Paramount Could Violate Anti-Bribery Law If It Pays to Settle Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit, Senators Claim

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/paramount-bribery-law-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-senators-1236404484/

17 comments

  1. But it’s super cool to accept bribes right? Asking for a friend.

  2. Whos gonna prosecute? The guy getting the millions?
    This is a bribe out in the open, but it’ll be swept under the rug

  3. “But, of course, Mr. President, take as many bribes as you want! Here, take off your Depends; can’t suck your cock with that thing on!”

  5. Owner of Paramount & CBS Shari Redstone, is so desperate to get the Paramount/Skydance merger approved to preserve what’s left of her fortune that she is now willing to pay up to $50 million to settle the case that Trump brought against CBS over alleged deceptive editing of the 60 Minutes Kamala Harris interview.

    This situation is one to keep an eye on as it will set precedence for future situations, “Warren and Sanders were among nine senators who [urged Redstone in a May 6 open letter to not settle the lawsuit](https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/democrat-senators-shari-redstone-trump-lawsuit-letter-60-minutes-1236389698/), calling it “an attack on the United States Constitution and the First Amendment.”

    It’s clear as day that Shari wants this deal done by any means necessary. Due to her actions Paramount has become a sinking ship and she wants her life raft. Sending letters to which she won’t respond isn’t a winning strategy, “In the letter to Redstone, the senators requested answers to specific questions regarding the situation by June 2, including “Does Paramount believe the lawsuit filed by then-candidate Trump against CBS has merit?”, “Has Paramount evaluated the risk of shareholder derivative litigation from settling the lawsuit?”; and “Has 60 Minutes made changes to its content at the request of anyone at Paramount to facilitate approval of the merger?”

  7. Ugh, I get paramount+ for free. I did delete it off of all my screens though.

  9. Can they not claim they are an entertainment channel and not a news outlet and what they air is “commentary”?

  10. So? All he wants is money. He gets it they’ll be off the hook. No prosecution. 

  11. So this tool won, but is suing for what? A interview with a candidate who lost? Wtf is the point. This guy has a glass spine.

  13. This really isn’t even all Trump, this is Republican Playbook 101, “Quid pro quo”.

  15. So basically, since Trump entered the White House, he’she’s making money over deals (lawsuits/settlements) every week.

  16. Haven’t a couple lawsuits already been settled out of court that trump would have easily lost, wherein these companies payed him millions to get back on his good side…bribes really.. Facebook is the first that comes to mind

  17. This is their end goal im sure. They’re going to screw paramount no matter what they do.

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