Bill Owens’ departure from the Sunday newsmagazine comes as CBS faces a $20 billion lawsuit from President Donald Trump and the network’s parent company works toward a multimillion-dollar sale.

While Owens did not mention Trump in his memo, the president is in settlement talks with CBS over a $10 billion lawsuit he filed in response to a “60 Minutes” interview last year with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in which Trump claims the network edited some of her answers to make her seem more competent.

Minutes executive producer Bill Owens has resigned, saying that he lost the ability to make independent decisions.