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Trump PRESSURES CBS to KILL STORY that TERRIFIED HIM - Legal AF
60 Minutes and CBS just gave a "kill switch" and "veto" to the Trump Administration to kill an unfavorable story from airing last night about the Administration's virtual control over the CECOT torture prison in El Salvador, so says the story's correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.
Michael Popok digs deeper in to the story and explains how Trump made himself the editor of CBS News and 60 Minutes through his close billionaire buddy, Larry Ellison and his son, David, and used the Federal Communications Commission to do it. - 12/22/2025.