President Donald Trump will be proceeding with his lawsuit against Paramount Global after rejecting a settlement offer from the company valued at $15 million.

The lawsuit stems from the controversial “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris that aired in October of last year. Trump’s legal team has accused CBS of “news distortion,” alleging the network edited Harris’s responses to unfairly tilt public perception in her favor during the 2024 Presidential Election.

The controversy stems from a preview aired by the network that appears to show a different answer than the one Harris gave when the interview aired the next day. Interviewer Bill Whitaker asked whether Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is “listening” to the Biden-Harris administration.

“Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by, or a result of, many things including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region,” Harris said in a preview for the “60 Minutes” interview.

This differed from the answer that aired, as then-candidate Harris said, “We are not gonna stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.”

As a result of the lawsuit, CBS News announced that it would be exercising more editorial control over its employees. The network has also been seeking to settle the matter for $15 million, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

The president’s legal team opted to reject the settlement offer, however, and are instead pushing for $25 million and a formal apology. Trump’s attorneys also floated the possibility of a separate lawsuit against CBS News and Paramount Global.

Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder who recused herself from settlement negotiations back in February, made clear that she wanted to settle Trump’s lawsuit in hopes of clearing the pathway for Paramount’s multibillion-dollar planned merger with Skydance Media, which will need to be approved by the Trump-led FCC.

Redstone has also been seeking to “keep tabs” on the network’s most vehemently anti-Trump personalities until the merger takes place, however, which has led to friction within the newsroom.

“60 Minutes” host Scott Pelley recently lashed out at his own network after a number of longtime employees resigned over the increased scrutiny. In a sternly worded statement, the longtime host reserved his sharpest criticism for executives at Paramount Global after former executive producer Bill Owens announced his resignation.

“Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” he went on to say, further suggesting that Paramount executives made the decision to limit his team’s freedom in order to curry favor with President Donald Trump.