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ABC Settles Donald Trump Defamation Case; Network Will Contribute $15 Million To President-Elect’s Foundation And Museum
ABC has agreed to contribute $15 million to Donald Trump‘s presidential foundation and museum as part of a settlement reached in Trump’s defamation case against the network, according to a court filing today. Trump sued the network earlier this year over remarks that This Week anchor George Stephanopoulos made during a contentious interview with Rep. […]
Trump sued the network earlier this year over remarks that This Week anchor George Stephanopoulos made during a contentious interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) in March. Last year, a civil jury found that Trump was liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. “The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’ Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.”
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