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February 18, 2025

Elon Musk Calls for Jailing Staff at "60 Minutes"
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In the Trump administration's latest attack on the press, Elon Musk has
called for the jailing of staff at "60 Minutes" after the CBS program
aired a segment criticizing his push to freeze USAID funding. A "60
Minutes" report on Sunday included this line: "The world's richest man
cut off aid for the world's poorest people." Musk responded on his
social media platform by writing, "60 Minutes are the biggest liars in
the world! They deserve a long prison sentence." President Trump already
has a pending $20 billion lawsuit against CBS over a different "60
Minutes" segment.


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