ISTANBUL

US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused CBS News of defrauding the public and committing the “biggest broadcasting scandal in History.”

On his social media platform Truth Social, he voiced outrage over the alleged manipulation of an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes program with then-Vice President Kamala Harris last year, when she and Trump were facing off to capture the White House.

“CBS and 60 Minutes defrauded the public by doing something which has never, to this extent, been seen before,” claimed Trump.

“They 100% removed Kamala’s horrible election changing answers to questions, and replaced them with completely different, and far better, answers, taken from another part of the interview.”

On Wednesday, seeking to disprove Trump’s allegations, CBS aired an unedited version of Harris’ interview from last fall, before she lost the Nov. 5 election to Trump.

Saying that journalists regularly edit interviews for time, space, and clarity, CBS added in a statement that such edits are “always guided by the truth and what we believe will be most informative to the viewing public, all while working within the constraints of broadcast television.”

But on Truth Social, Trump accused the airing of the edited interview last fall of being “Election changing ‘stuff,’ Election Interference and, quite simply, Election Fraud at a level never seen before.”

“CBS should lose its license, and the cheaters at 60 Minutes should all be thrown out, and this disreputable ‘NEWS’ show should be immediately terminated.”

“This will go down as the biggest broadcasting scandal in History!” Trump added, also wondering aloud if CBS was “paid for committing this fraud.”

During his first term in 2017-2021 and after, Trump has been known for his combative relationship with the media, especially mainstream outlets, and has frequently called for the broadcast licenses of channels such as CBS and MSNBC to be revoked.