{"id":2414472,"date":"2025-03-24T08:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-renews-60-minutes-spat-over-george-clooney-episode\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T08:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:49:02","slug":"trump-renews-60-minutes-spat-over-george-clooney-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-renews-60-minutes-spat-over-george-clooney-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump renews 60 Minutes spat over George Clooney episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-renews-60-minutes-spat-over-george-clooney-episode%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump renews spat with 60 Minutes over episode with &lsquo;failed political pundit&rsquo; George Clooney<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2062827\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump blasted CBS News&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3314948\/trump-broadens-cbs-lawsuit-after-unedited-harris-60-minutes-interview-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"60 Minutes\">60 Minutes<\/a><\/em> for airing what he called a &ldquo;puff piece&rdquo; on actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3077686\/clooney-call-biden-quit-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"George Clooney\">George Clooney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney was behind a fundraising effort for then-President Joe Biden that raised about $28 million, resulting in the largest Democratic haul in history. However, the actor flipped against Biden over age concerns and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3076281\/george-clooney-calls-for-biden-to-step-aside-after-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called\">called<\/a> for him to step down. Clooney endorsed then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356451\/disney-snow-white-falls-flat-weak-opening-weekend\/\">Disney&#8217;s Snow White falls flat with weak $43 million opening weekend<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356444\/kane-democratic-party-created-masculinity-problem-for-itself\/\">Kane argues Democratic Party has created a &#8216;masculinity problem&#8217; for itself<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356422\/bill-maher-refuses-play-mean-girls-game-critics-trump-meeting\/\">Bill Maher refuses to play &#8216;mean girls&#8217; game with critics of his Trump meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Why would the now highly discredited 60 Minutes be doing a total &lsquo;puff piece&rsquo; on George Clooney, a second rate movie &lsquo;star,&rsquo; and failed political pundit,&rdquo; Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday. &ldquo;He fought hard for Sleepy Joe&rsquo;s election and then, right after the Debate, dumped him like a dog. Later, I assume under orders from the Obama camp, pushed all out for &lsquo;Kamala,&rsquo; only to soon realize that that was not going to work out [too] well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114214658359777536\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The actor defended his call for Biden to step down during the interview, saying he was &ldquo;raised to tell the truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had seen the president up close for this fundraiser, and I was surprised. And so I feel as if there was a lot of profiles in cowardice in my party through all of that,&rdquo; Clooney explained. &ldquo;And I was not proud of that. And I also believed I had to tell the truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clooney&rsquo;s participation in the fundraiser came after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3046788\/hollywood-boosts-biden-with-record-fundraised-for-democratic-candidate-in-one-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reports\">reports<\/a> that he called the White House after Biden condemned the international warrants issued to Israeli Prime Minister&nbsp;Benjamin Netanyahu.&nbsp;Clooney&rsquo;s wife, Amal Clooney, is a prosecutor working with the International Criminal Court, at which she has offered her legal expertise since 2005.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The actor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3001140\/biden-campaign-to-hold-star-studded-la-fundraiser-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">helped host a fundraiser for Biden <\/a>ahead of the 2020 election, which earned him $7 million. Clooney also donated $500,000 to the Biden-Harris campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump is in the middle of a lawsuit against CBS News. Trump&rsquo;s grievances came after the program hosted his then-opponent Harris for an interview a month before the election. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3189360\/trump-60-minutes-editing-biggest-scandal-broadcast-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"claimed\">claimed<\/a> the edits made to Harris&rsquo;s interview were &ldquo;the biggest scandal in broadcast history: they actually took her answer out and gave her a different answer after it was shot.&rdquo; The president is suing the network for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3314948\/trump-broadens-cbs-lawsuit-after-unedited-harris-60-minutes-interview-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"$20 million\">$20 million<\/a> over the dispute.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;60 Minutes even fraudulently inserted Fake answers into [Harris&rsquo;s] disastrous interview, aired just before Election Day, in one of the most embarrassing and dishonest events in broadcast history. &hellip; And now George Clooney again? His press agent should be making a fortune!!!&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356393\/rosie-odonnell-leaving-us-therapy-plan-second-trump-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ROSIE O&rsquo;DONNELL SAYS LEAVING US WAS PART OF THERAPY PLAN FOR A SECOND TRUMP TERM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>60 Minutes<\/em> aired the interview with Harris in full as part of the Federal Communications Commission&rsquo;s investigation. After the release, CBS published a statement defending any editing, saying, &ldquo;As the full transcript shows, we edited the interview to ensure that as much of the vice president&rsquo;s answers to 60 Minutes&rsquo; many questions were included in our original broadcast while fairly representing those answers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While CBS News&rsquo;s Scott Pelley said he had plans to sit down with Trump for an interview before the election, Trump&rsquo;s campaign&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3180660\/60-minutes-explains-programs-exclusion-of-trump-was-his-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a>&nbsp;that any appointment was ever settled on. At the time, the campaign also took issue with &ldquo;jump cuts&rdquo; that the network could make to Trump&rsquo;s answers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2062827\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2062827\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump renews spat with 60 Minutes over episode with \u2018failed political pundit\u2019 George Clooney President Donald Trump blasted CBS News\u2019s 60 Minutes for airing what he called a \u201cpuff piece\u201d on actor George Clooney. Clooney was behind a fundraising effort for then-President Joe Biden that raised about $28 million, resulting in the largest Democratic haul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2414473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/George-Clooney.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2414472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/George-Clooney.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}