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In reply to the discussion: Trump sues CBS for $10B over Harris's '60 Minutes' interview [View all]global1
(26,002 posts)5 days before the election.
He wanted to put Harris in a bad light. As the OP says: to paper over Kamalas word salad weakness and to cast her in a positive light instead.
She did real well with that CBS appearance. He wanted to tarnish that in the eyes of his MAGA followers and low knowledge voters- so he "trumped up" (no pun intended) this lawsuit to say that the network engaged in partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion. CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news.
As I stated above in the response title - in his mind he achieved what he wanted to - this close to the election.
After the election - I don't even think he'll even follow through with this lawsuit. I think he realizes that it is 'frivolous'. But at least he knows that by filing this lawsuit now - it will get talked about on the MSM news shows and printed in every paper in the country and passed around on social media.
I think he figures he'll get some votes out of this from low knowledge voters and people that read about the lawsuit and don't know or care who Harris is.
They probably never heard her speak so they don't know any better.