Claim 9

Paramount maintained the underlying lawsuit was without merit rather than conceding to a stated justification.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Paramount maintained the underlying lawsuit was without merit rather than conceding to a stated justification.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Not stated in the sources reviewed
About: incident 2025-paramount-cbs-settle-60-minutes-suit
Source: Paramount, President Trump reach $16 million settlement over '60 Minutes' lawsuit
Publisher: CBS News
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-07-01

Quotation from the source

has maintained that the lawsuit was completely without merit