CBS postpones '60 Minutes' story on Trump deportees at the last minute

CBS News announced it would pull a "60 Minutes" report about the Trump administration's sending detainees to a maximum-security "mega-prison" in El Salvador just hours before its scheduled broadcast Sunday

CBS News announced it would pull a "60 Minutes" report about the Trump administration's sending detainees to a maximum-security "mega-prison" in El Salvador just hours before its scheduled broadcast Sunday.

The broadcaster said Sunday that the segment would not appear in the episode and that it would instead air at a future date, an unusual move that drew criticism from the correspondent behind the reporting.

"The broadcast lineup for tonight's edition of 60 Minutes has been updated," the news magazine series posted on social media just three hours before airtime. “Our report 'Inside CECOT' will air in a future broadcast."

Add NBC News to GoogleJared Kushner's Affinity Partners pulls out of Paramount bid for Warner Bros. Discovery02:47In a statement, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss said: "My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be."

"Holding stories that aren’t ready for whatever reason — that they lack sufficient context, say, or that they are missing critical voices— happens every day in every newsroom. I look forward to airing this important piece when it's ready," she added.