CBS says it will turn over an unedited transcript of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission, part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing fight with the network over how it handled a story about his opponent.
Trump sued CBS for $10 billion over the “60 Minutes” interview, claiming it was deceptively edited to make Harris look good.
Published reports said that CBS’ parent company, Paramount, has been talking to Trump’s lawyers about a settlement.
The network said Friday that it was compelled by Brendan Carr, Trump’s appointee as FCC chairman, to turn over the transcripts and camera feeds of the interview for a parallel investigation by the commission.
“60 Minutes” has resisted releasing transcripts for this and all of its interviews, to avoid second-guessing of its editing process.

The case, particularly a potential settlement, is being closely watched by advocates for press freedom and by journalists within CBS, whose lawyers called Trump’s lawsuit “completely without merit” and promised to vigorously fight it after it was filed.
If Paramount does settle, it will be the latest in a string of high profile settlements Trump has wrangled from old adversaries in recent days. In December, ABC News ponied up $16 million to settle defamation charges brought by Trump against anchor George Stephanopoulos.
On Wednesday, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by Trump for $25 million. The complaint stemmed from Trump’s suspension from the platform after Jan 6.
The Harris interview initially drew attention because CBS News showed the then-vice president giving completely different responses to a question posed by correspondent Bill Whitaker in clips that were aired on “Face the Nation” on Oct. 6 and the next night on “60 Minutes.”
The question from Whitaker concerned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Whitaker ended by saying to Harris: “But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening?”
In the Oct. 5 version, aired on “Face the Nation,” Harris replies to the question by saying: “Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in several movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.”