Paramount and CBS filed motions Thursday to throw out President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview last year, calling the suit an “affront to the First Amendment.” Trump first sued the network a few days before the November election,

CBS filed a motion to dismiss President Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit over its controversial “60 Minutes” Kamala Harris interview, calling the suit an “affront to the First Amendment without basis in law or fact.

Paramount on Thursday asked a federal judge in Texas to dismiss the $20-billion lawsuit. The media company separately has agreed to have a mediator look at the case.