Overview

• On June 24 on The Joe Rogan Experience, Sanders described Trump’s defamation lawsuits as an authoritarian tactic to intimidate unfavorable coverage.
• Paramount and CBS have deemed the president’s $20 billion suit over a ‘60 Minutes’ interview meritless even as they engage in settlement negotiations.
• Disney agreed to pay $16 million to settle Trump’s defamation claim against ABC News and George Stephanopoulos.
• Trump’s other legal actions include lawsuits against Meta and the Des Moines Register over platform policies and polling results.
• Sanders joined fellow senators in urging Paramount Global’s Shari Redstone to resist settling, warning a payoff could trigger federal anti-bribery probes amid the company’s pending FCC review of its Skydance merger.