CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits amid potential Trump lawsuit settlement

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FILE - Wendy McMahon attends The Hollywood Reporter's yearly Most Powerful People successful Media contented solemnisation successful New York connected May 17, 2022. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) (Evan Agostini, 2022 Invision)

CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon said Monday that she is resigning, the latest fallout astatine the web arsenic its genitor institution considers settling a suit with President Donald Trump implicit “60 Minutes.”

McMahon, who leads some the web quality part and quality for the CBS-owned stations, said successful an email connection to unit that “it's go wide that the institution and I bash not hold connected the way forward. It's clip to determination connected and for this enactment to determination guardant with caller leadership.”

McMahon has made wide she opposes settling with Trump — conscionable similar “60 Minutes” enforcement shaper Bill Owens, who discontinue past month.

Trump has sued CBS, alleging it edited an interrogation with 2024 Democratic hostile Kamala Harris past autumn to payment her. CBS News has denied that. CBS' genitor company, Paramount Global, is reportedly successful colony talks with Trump. Paramount Global is seeking support of a merger with Skydance Media.

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