Staffers at “60 Minutes” urged one another to keep the venerable CBS newsmagazine going even as corporate parent Paramount Global investigates the possibility of settling what is seen as a flimsy defamation lawsuit tied to a report that ran on the show.

A settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president.

Trump sued the network over accusations they deceptively edited a segment featuring former Vice President Kamala Harris.