Read our Privacy noticeWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt threatened CBS News that President Donald Trump would sue the network if it cut his recent interview, according to a report. In the moments after Trump finished taping a 13-minute interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil in Michigan on Tuesday, Leavitt issued a warning to him. CBS News told The Independent that it had already planned to air the interview in full. The report about his injuries sparked “internal skepticism at the network” according to internal emails obtained by The Guardian. Weiss was on location for the interview and approached Trump afterward to introduce herself, sources told The Independent.

Source: The Times January 18, 2026 20:09 UTC