CBS News got more than it bargained for when it arranged for an interview earlier this week between President Donald Trump and anchor Tony Dokoupil on his still-nascent tenure on “CBS Evening News.”
According to a report published Saturday by The New York Times, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told producers and the anchor that Trump did not want the exchange edited. “He said, ‘Make sure you don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,’ Leavitt told Dokoupil and his executive producer, Kim Harvey. “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’”
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