White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned CBS News that President Trump would sue the network if his recent interview was not aired in full, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times.
The remark came moments after Trump finished taping a 13-minute interview Tuesday with “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil in Michigan.
Leavitt approached the CBS team and relayed that the president wanted assurances the segment would run unedited, adding he would “sue your ass off” if it did not, according to The Times.
“He said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,’” Leavitt told Dokoupil and his colleagues, according to the recording.
“Yeah, we’re doing it, yeah,” Dokoupil replied.
Leavitt added: “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’”
CBS staffers who witnessed the interaction initially thought Leavitt was speaking in jest, according to The Times.
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