ABC News agreed to contribute $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump's Presidential Foundation and Museum to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court on Saturday.
Trump had ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos accused of acting “With actual malice or with reckless disregard for the truth,” Stephanopoulos said Trump had been “found liable for rape” in an interview with Republican Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina on March 10.
Trump claimed in the filing that Stephanopoulos “knows that these statements are clearly and patently false.”
As part of the agreement, ABC News must also publish an “Editor's Note” below the March 10 online article accompanying the interview that states: “ABC News and George Stephanopoulos discussed President Donald J. “Regret the statements made regarding Trump.” By George Stephanopoulos with Representative Nancy Mace on ABC's This Week on March 10, 2024.”
Trump's presidential palace and museum have not been established yet.
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