Former President Donald Trump will not sit down for an interview with “60 Minutes” next week, saying that CBS News still owes him an apology over a “60 Minutes” interview in 2020 that Trump says was conducted unfairly.
The news program reached out to both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, requesting that they sit down for interviews just weeks before Election Day. Harris agreed to an interview with CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker, but Trump rejected an offer to sit down with Scott Pelley for an interview that would air next Monday.
CBS said on Tuesday that Trump backed out of the interview after initially agreeing to it, but Trump campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung shot back at the network, saying, “60 Minutes begged for an interview, even after they were caught lying about Hunter Biden’s laptop back in 2020. There were initial discussions, but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in.”
“They also insisted on doing live fact checking, which is unprecedented,” Cheung added.
