Paramount on Thursday asked a federal judge in Texas to dismiss the $20-billion lawsuit. The media company separately has agreed to have a mediator look at the case.

CBS lawyers wrote that Trump's lawsuit is "an affront to the First Amendment and is without basis in law or fact." Screenshot: YouTube Paramount continues—against, honestly, all expectations, and the precedent set by many of its capitulation-happy colleagues—to push back against Donald Trump’s ridiculous $20 billion 60 Minutes lawsuit against it.

Paramount and CBS filed motions Thursday to throw out President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview last year, calling the suit an “affront to the First Amendment.” Trump first sued the network a few days before the November election,