CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on Monday opened with a detailed account from correspondent Scott Pelley on the lead up to former President Donald Trump bailing on the show’s customary interview with presidential candidates before the election.
“It’s been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates for president sit down with ’60 Minutes’ in October,” Pelley explained.
Trump’s campaign agreed to film an interview last Thursday at the GOP nominee’s Mar-a-Lago home and there were also discussions about joining Trump during his return at the weekend to Butler, Pennsylvania, where in July there was an attempt on his life, said Pelley.
But “a week ago, Trump backed out,” Pelley recalled. “The campaign offered shifting explanations. First, it complained that we would fact-check the interview. We fact-check every story.”
“Later, Trump said he needed an apology for his interview in…