"Driving the news: The portions of the roughly 90-minute interview aired on "60 Minutes" Sunday totaled around 28 minutes. An extended version released by the program was around 73 minutes long and did not include parts of the full transcript posted to CBS News' website. An accompanying editor's note said the extended version of the interview had been "condensed for clarity.""
"Toward the end of the interview, Trump responds to an inquiry about the "appearance of corruption" surrounding his controversial pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao by telling Norah O'Donnell, "I can't say, because - I can't say - I'm not concerned. I don't - I'd rather not have you ask the question." That exchange was included in the full transcript but was omitted from the extended video on YouTube."
"Zoom out: Some sections of the interview that Trump suggested did not need to be included did not make it to air but were included in the extended version. "60 Minutes paid me a lotta money," he said at one point. "And you don't have to put this on, because I don't wanna embarrass you, and I'm sure you're not - you have a great - I think you have a great, new leader," seemingly in reference to editor-in-chief Bari Weiss."
Portions of the roughly 90-minute interview aired on 60 Minutes totaled about 28 minutes, while an extended 73-minute video released by the program omitted parts of the full transcript posted to CBS News' website. An editor's note stated the extended version had been "condensed for clarity." Toward the end, Trump declined to answer a question about the "appearance of corruption" in his pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, telling the interviewer he was "not concerned" and would "rather not have you ask the question." Some segments Trump suggested excluding did not air but appeared in the extended version. FCC and political figures criticized the edits and debated filing complaints; CBS News did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and FCC Chair Brendan Carr replied to Sen. Schumer with a comment about a "Schumer Shutdown."
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