Dickerson said the settlement and ones like it hinder the press' ability to "hold power to account." "The Paramount settlement poses a new obstacle," Dickerson said. "Can you hold

Film giant Paramount Global reached a settlement with U.S. President Donald Trump, who sued CBS News for $20 billion over editing of a 60 Minutes interview with his Democratic opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump that had alleged an interview that aired on CBS’s “60 Minutes” last year with Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent for the presidency, was deceptively edited.