ABC Agrees To Give $15 Million to Trump’s Presidential Library To Settle Defamation Lawsuit

The network will also pay $1 million in legal fees to the law firm of Trump’s attorney.

AP/Stephanie Scarbrough
President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance attend the college football game between Army and Navy at Landover, Maryland Saturday. AP/Stephanie Scarbrough

ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward President-elect Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that Trump had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.

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