CBS' "60 Minutes" delayed a segment about Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador's maximum-security prison hours before the episode was set to air.

CBS News said Sunday that it had pulled a scheduled 60 Minutes report about the “brutal and tortuous conditions” at an El Salvador prison where the Trump administration had deported alleged illegal immigrants. The announcement was made just a few hours before the broadcast was scheduled.

60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi sent an email on Sunday stating that Weiss “spiked our story” and that the motivation was a political decision, not an editorial call, according to the Wall Street Journal. Alfonsi reportedly sent the email to fellow correspondents Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, and Anderson Cooper.

CBS News pulls a “60 Minutes” report on El Salvador’s CECOT prison just hours before its scheduled broadcast, saying it would air at a future time.

CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" report on El Salvador's CECOT prison just hours before its scheduled Sunday broadcast, saying it would air at a future time.

Under its new leadership, 60 Minutes aired a 28-minute version and released an extended 73-minute cut of Trump’s November sitdown with Norah O’Donnell. A full transcript, however, revealed that the network left out Trump’s testy exchange with O’Donnell over his pardon of a crypto billionaire.

Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.

Last year, Trump sued 60 Minutes over edits made to an interview with his 2024 presidential rival, Kamala Harris. Although CBS had initially dismissed the lawsuit as baseless, its parent company Paramount Global settled the litigation for $16 million, as it sought Trump administration approval for its merger with Skydance .