Kamala Harris campaign denies involvement in CBS 60 Minutes edits

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is fighting to distance itself from CBS News’ controversial move to air an edited version of answers to questions she gave in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired this week.In a preview on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, the vice president gave a meandering answer to correspondent Bill Whitaker’s question on how much control the United States has over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.But when the “60 Minutes” special aired on Monday, the answer was edited into a shorter, more assertive version, provoking questions about whether CBS executives had moved to conceal lengthy, convoluted “word salads” from Harris. Now, Harris’ campaign is trying to remove itself from the conversation.“We do not control CBS’s production decisions and refer questions to CBS,” a Harris campaign aide told multiple outlets including Fox News and Variety.The Harris campaign and CBS News did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.In the original preview, Whitaker asked Harris whether the US has any “sway” over Netanyahu. “The aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the Israelis and the people of Israel.And when we think about the threat that Hamas, Hezbollah presents, Iran, I think that it is without any question our imperative to do what we can to allow Israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks,” Harris replied. “Now the work that we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles, which include the need for humanitarian aid, the need for this war to end, the need for a deal to be done which would release the hostages and create a ceasefire,” Harris continued. “And we’re not going to stop in terms of putting that pressure on Israel and in the region, including Arab leaders.”When the primetime “60 Minutes” special air...