# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-paramount-cbs-settle-60-minutes-suit)
- Source: Paramount, President Trump reach $16 million settlement over '60 Minutes' lawsuit. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-settlement/
- 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

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