President Trump To CBS Information
I will Sue Your Ass If You Edit My Phrases!!!
Revealed
President Trump appears to be calling the pictures at CBS Information nowadays — not less than relating to final week’s interview with anchor Tony Dokoupil.
Dokoupil — the brand new face of the “CBS Night Information” — landed a 13-minute interview with Trump, which was broadcast Tuesday from a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
The New York Instances reviews that after they wrapped their dialogue, Trump’s chief spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, walked as much as Dokoupil and his crew and issued a stern warning from the president.
In keeping with a recording obtained by the NYT … Leavitt instructed Dokoupil that Trump wished to “be sure you guys don’t minimize the tape, make certain the interview is out in full.” The NYT says Dokoupil responded CBS was “doing it” Trump’s means.
🚨 NEW AUDIO: Karoline Leavitt simply threatened CBS Information over Trump’s interview:
“Air it in full… or we’ll sue your ass off.”
The White Home is now brazenly making an attempt to bully the media into compliance.
This isn’t “transparency.” It’s intimidation. pic.twitter.com/8pMBBJzYhC
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) January 18, 2026
@allenanalysis
Then Leavitt dropped a bomb, warning that Trump mentioned, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’
Chances are you’ll recall … Trump filed a 2024 lawsuit in opposition to CBS over the way in which a “60 Minutes” piece was edited — and the community’s guardian firm determined to settle it for $16 million.
On Saturday, CBS launched a press release, saying, “The second we booked this interview, we made the unbiased resolution to air it unedited and in its entirety.”
Leavitt additionally issued a remark, stating the “American folks deserve to observe President Trump’s full interviews, unedited, no cuts. And guess what? The interview ran in full.”
