ABC News will give $15 million to Trump presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
(JUST THE NEWS) – ABC News will give $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library in order to settle a defamation lawsuit.
This lawsuit came as a result of anchor George Stephanopoulos inaccurately claiming that Trump was found civilly liable for raping E. Jean Carroll.
The network is also expected to post a note on its website apologizing for the claim, according to The Associated Press.
BREAKING: George Stephanopoulos and ABC apologize to President Trump and are forced to pay $15 million to settle a defamation suit. Stephanopoulos and the legacy news network were also forced to issue statements of "regret."
Trump filed a defamation suit against Stephanopoulos…
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