Donald Trump loves to sue people for defamation to scare them out of making negative statements about him. In a settlement made public Saturday, ABC News agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit by Trump, arguing that he was defamed when anchor George Stephanopoulos said the president-elect had been found liable in court for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.
The money will be donated to Trump’s future presidential foundation and museum. The company will also pay Trump an additional $1 million for his legal fees.
That sounds bad, and indeed ABC has been criticized for failing to ...
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