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CBS says Trump must fork over personal financials if '60 Minutes' lawsuit reaches discovery

lawandcrime.com CBS says Trump must fork over personal financials if '60 Minutes' lawsuit reaches discovery

Lawyers for CBS say they plan to demand that President Trump fork over his personal finance information to the network, should he follow through with his $20 billion "60 Minutes" lawsuit against it.

Summary

CBS plans to demand Donald Trump’s personal financial records if his $20 billion lawsuit against the network proceeds to discovery.

Trump sued CBS over an allegedly doctored 2024 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, claiming election interference and unfair competition.

CBS argues the lawsuit is politically motivated “judge shopping” and lacks legal merit under Texas law. The network also contends Trump’s claims involve editorial, not commercial, speech.

The case is before Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, and legal proceedings could force Trump to disclose financial ties to his media and campaign operations.

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I've said it before, why would he would have to? Having to do something is usually due to the fact that not doing it is illegal. Trump doesn't care about the law. He would just say "no" and then nothing happens like usual.
- I’m guessing it’s needed to show damages.
  
  At this point I legitimately wouldn't be surprised if he just said no, fired the judge, appointed his own, and then got whatever the hell verdict he wanted and absolutely no one would say anything other than what a "massive win" he got in the courts

Wow, so we get to see how corrupt the corrupt dictator is. And this will stop his tyranny how?
- The "nice" thing here is that it would actually put in the record how corrupt he is. Not that that would do much other than nock another arrow for later suits.
- He won’t. He’ll just do whatever he wants and bully them into settling.
  
  Yeah, this. Theres no chance he does any of that.

The kicker is, he needs to win the lawsuit to become a billionaire before he shows his financials, to avoid his sycophants discovering he has never been a billionaire.
Although what would they care. ¯(ツ)_/¯
- With the sale of his Trump meme coin, he probably is a billionaire now. Yes, it tanked, but he doesn't care. He already has their money.
  I don't think any major purchasers care, either, since it was probably a money laundering front in the first place.
- He cares. It’s all [self-]image. He doesn’t care whether they care or not, it’s a blow to his ego. It’s the Hindenburg.
- He would be a billionaire if he didn't give so much away.
  /s

Twice i remember his tax returns being leaked and it accomplished nothing.
- But this isnt just IRS records, or stuff the government already has. Its legal discovery, your required to provide much more than just the stuff wealthy people are already good at hiding from the feds.

I hope that piece of shit gets screwed over hard. I also hope this lawsuit helps with the fall of swasti-Nazi Musk.
- Zero chance.
  
  0.000000381%
  Having done zero math to reach this figure, it’s known to still be optimistic.

Judge Kacsmaryk's lips are surgically attached to Trump's ass cheek, so CBS will be ice skating uphill in this one. They may as well take every swing they can.
- People like him who have facilitated Trump's fascist takeover need to be held accountable

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