{"id":217431,"date":"2026-01-18T19:37:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/karoline-leavitt-caught-on-tape-warning-cbs-well-sue-your-a-off-if-they-didnt-air-trump-interview-in-full\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T19:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:37:04","slug":"karoline-leavitt-caught-on-tape-warning-cbs-well-sue-your-a-off-if-they-didnt-air-trump-interview-in-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/karoline-leavitt-caught-on-tape-warning-cbs-well-sue-your-a-off-if-they-didnt-air-trump-interview-in-full\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt Caught on Tape Warning CBS \u2018We\u2019ll Sue Your A\u2013 Off\u2019 If They Didn\u2019t Air Trump Interview in Full"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/karoline-leavitt\/\" title=\"Karoline Leavitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Karoline Leavitt<\/strong><\/a> has been caught on tape. <\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old White House press secretary warned <em>CBS Evening News<\/em> anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/tony-dokoupil\/\" title=\"Tony Dokoupil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tony Dokoupil<\/strong><\/a> that his 13-minute conversation with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/donald-trump\/\" title=\"Donald Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> had to air in full, or \u201cwe\u2019ll sue your a\u2013 off,\u201d per the President.<\/p>\n<p>In audio obtained by the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/17\/business\/media\/cbs-news-trump-interview.html\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/17\/business\/media\/cbs-news-trump-interview.html&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>, she\u2019s overheard saying: \u201cHe said, \u2018Make sure you guys don\u2019t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2173654\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony<\/strong> responded: \u201cYeah, we\u2019re doing it, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018If it\u2019s not out in full, we\u2019ll sue your a\u2013 off,\u2019\u201d Karoline warned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony<\/strong> said with a laugh: \u201cHe always says that!\u201d while executive producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kim-harvey\/\" title=\"Kim Harvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kim Harvey<\/strong><\/a> can be heard going \u201cOh great, okay!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe moment we booked this interview we made the independent decision to air it unedited and in its entirety,\u201d a CBS News spokesperson said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/17\/business\/media\/cbs-news-trump-interview.html\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/17\/business\/media\/cbs-news-trump-interview.html&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the outlet<\/a> following the audio\u2019s publication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people deserve to watch <strong>President Trump<\/strong>\u2019s full interviews, unedited, no cuts. And guess what? The interview ran in full,\u201d <strong>Karoline<\/strong> said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ll recall, <strong>Trump<\/strong> sued CBS News previously, <a href=\"https:\/\/firstamendment.mtsu.edu\/post\/abc-cbs-settlements-with-trump-are-dangerous-step-toward-commander-in-chiefs-becoming-editor-in-chief\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/firstamendment.mtsu.edu\/post\/abc-cbs-settlements-with-trump-are-dangerous-step-toward-commander-in-chiefs-becoming-editor-in-chief\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and they settled.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Tony<\/strong>, we now have the hottest country in the world. And a year-and-a-half ago, our country was dead. We had a dead country. You wouldn\u2019t have a job right now. If [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kamala-harris\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong><\/a>] got in, you probably wouldn\u2019t have a job right now,\u201d <strong>Trump <\/strong>said in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full interview: Trump on Iran crackdown, Fed Chair Powell and more\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HsXaqi-uqPI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour boss, who\u2019s an amazing guy, might be bust, OK? Let me just tell you \u2014 you wouldn\u2019t have this job. You wouldn\u2019t have this job \u2014 certainly whatever the hell they\u2019re paying you. Our country is rocketing right now. We have the hottest country in the world. If they got in, we\u2019d be Venezuela on steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> got something he\u2019s wanted for a long time when he met with Venezuelan opposition leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/mar\u00eda-corina-machado\/\" title=\"Mar\u00eda Corina Machado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 a Nobel Peace Prize. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/16\/donald-trump-gifted-nobel-peace-prize-by-maria-corina-machado-is-he-now-the-winner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">But does that make him the new winner?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/18\/karoline-leavitt-caught-on-tape-warning-cbs-well-sue-your-a-if-they-didnt-air-trump-interview-in-full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karoline Leavitt has been caught on tape. The 28-year-old White House press secretary warned CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil that his 13-minute conversation with President Donald Trump had to air in full, or \u201cwe\u2019ll sue your a\u2013 off,\u201d per the President. In audio obtained by the New York Times, she\u2019s overheard saying: \u201cHe said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-217431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}