Why did ABC News settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump? (Poynter.com) [View all]
In March, ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos interviewed Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace and asked why she continued to support Donald Trump for president after, Stephanopoulos said, Trump had been found “liable for rape” in a 2023 civil case.
Stephanopoulos was referring to the case where a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. The jury did not find him guilty of rape. However, the judge in the case later clarified that because of New York’s narrow legal definition of “rape,” the jury did not mean that Carroll “failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’”
Nevertheless, Trump sued ABC News and Stephanopoulos for defamation over what Stephanopoulos said in the interview with Mace.
Then, over the weekend, ABC News announced it would settle the case with Trump. Under the terms of the settlement, ABC News will donate $15 million to Trump’s future presidential foundation and museum. In addition, the network will pay $1 million for Trump’s legal fees. Also, on the original story on its website, ABC News has added an editor’s note that says, “ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024.”
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