Posted on 12/14/2024 12:42:06 PM PST by conservative98
ABC News and their top anchor George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Donald Trump in his defamation suit, which will result in the news network paying the president-elect $15 million.
The settlement was publicly filed on Saturday, revealing that the two parties have come to an agreement and avoided a costly trial. According to the settlement, ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a "Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past." Additionally, the network will pay $1 million in Trump's attorney fees.
Stephanopoulos and ABC News will issue statements of "regret" as an editor's note at the bottom of a March 10, 2024, online article, about comments made earlier this year that prompted Trump to file a defamation lawsuit.
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🚨 BREAKING: ABC to pay $15 million to Donald Trump, George Stephanopoulos forced to apologize as part of the settlement in Trump’s defamation suit.
Are you tired of winning yet? pic.twitter.com/6RN0371ok6— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 14, 2024
Tough luck, Shorty.
The lawsuit was brought after George blatantly lied on national TV and told viewers Trump was found liable for rape pic.twitter.com/dHk3uL5Vmh— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 14, 2024
Not good enough...
Guiness World Record: the payout was the most ever for a man of George’s height. Officially 5 ft, 5.
Broke record of Danny DeVito. 4 ft. 10.
$15 million? That’s peanuts. Trump should have demanded 200 million, now that would be a settlement. Make it hurt.
Lol, they’re donating to Trump‘s presidential foundation as part of the settlement?
Yes!!
Way less than he deserves, but this is what justice looks like.
Is George Stephanopoulos forced to apologize on the same venue in which he made the statement?
Georgie should be forced to go on his KNEES and beg for Trump’s forgiveness..heck 15 mil is too little as far as Im concerned, should have bankrupt the network
Who knows? With the way things are going for the legacy networks, a $15 million settlement might require ABC News to fire a boneheaded “reporter” or two.
Damn , somebody’s annual performance review is going to suck,.
Costing the company 15 million should be reason enough to let you go.
IIRC he or his wife said they would move to Australia if Trump was elected or whenever. So many have said they would be leaving the US it’s all a blur these days to me. Might have been in 2016 or 2020. Don’t think it was this year though. Pay the 15 million and vamoose!
ABC should have one of teh old time ‘moveies of the week’ and bring out all the has-been attention seeker people that have lied to the public for decades.
15M is chump change to these cretins...they all colluded to destroy this man.
To recast the old Reagan line: ABC News has fallen on hard times. They already had to lay off two hair stylists.
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