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Bill Owens, the show’s executive producer, addressed his staff as CBS’s parent company, Paramount, pursues a legal settlement with the president.

The head of “60 Minutes” told the show’s staff on Monday that he would not apologize to President Trump as part of any prospective settlement in a lawsuit brought by the president against their network, CBS, according to people with knowledge of the remarks.

The comments by Bill Owens, the executive producer who oversees the long-running news program, came as CBS’s parent company, Paramount, is pursuing settlement talks with Mr. Trump. The president is accusing the network of deceptively editing an interview with his rival, the Democratic candidate for president, Kamala Harris. Many legal experts have described the lawsuit as far-fetched and baseless.

“There have been reports in the media about a settlement and/or apology,” Mr. Owens said, according to two people who heard his remarks. “The company knows I will not

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