According to CBS News, Trump cancels the “60 Minutes” interview after accepting the invitation

Former President Trump is pulling out of a scheduled interview with the CBS News magazine show “60 Minutes.”

CBS planned to devote an hour-long special Monday to interviews with Trump and his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. But the network’s news department announced Tuesday that Trump was no longer willing to participate.

“After accepting 60 Minutes’ request for an interview with Scott Pelley, a campaign spokesman informed 60 Minutes today that former President Trump would not be appearing for an interview with the show,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement.

CBS News said the invitation to Trump remains in place. Harris is scheduled to do an interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker this week.

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Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung posted on Live Fact Check, which is unprecedented.

Unless Trump changes his mind again, Pelley will report on the candidate’s decision not to appear during the telecast.

“60 Minutes” is the most-watched news program on television and is often the most-watched primetime program of the week outside of NFL football broadcasts.

The program has a long tradition of presenting in-depth interviews with major parties’ presidential candidates in the weeks leading up to the November election. Trump actually appeared with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl during his 2020 campaign.

Both candidates in the 2024 White House race have limited their interviews with most major media outlets. Trump has frequently appeared on conservative-leaning Fox News, but usually alongside the network’s commentators who support him. Harris most recently appeared with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle, who supports the vice presidential candidacy. Her other national news interview was with Dana Bash on CNN.

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This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.