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ABC, Stephanopoulos Forced To Pay Trump $15 Million to Settle Defamation Suit

Charlie Kirk Staff

12/15/2024

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ABC, Stephanopoulos Forced To Pay Trump $15 Million to Settle Defamation Suit

ABC News and its main anchor George Stephanopoulos have settled a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump.

The suit was settled for a whopping $15 million donation to a future “presidential foundation and museum” for the president-elect and an additional $1 million to pay for his attorneys, Fox News reported.

The court also ordered the network to add an “Editor’s Note” to a March 10, 2024 story within 24 hours.

“ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with [Republican South Carolina] Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024,” the note read.

It stems from an interview on that date that the anchor had with South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace where he said that the president-elect was “found liable for rape.”

“You’ve endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape. How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?” he said to the representative after playing a clip of her talking about her assault.

“Well, I will tell you. I was raped at the age of 16, and any rape victim will tell you- I’ve lived for 30 years with an incredible amount of shame over being raped. I didn’t come forward because of that judgment and shame that I felt, and it’s a shame that you will never feel, George. And I’m not going to sit here on your show and be asked a question meant to shame me about another potential rape victim. I’m not going to do that,” the representative said.

“It’s actually not about shaming you, it’s a question about Donald Trump…,” the anchor said.

“No, you are shaming me,” she hit back.

“You’ve endorsed Donald Trump for president,” the anchor said.

“Right,” Mace confirmed.

“Donald Trump has been found liable for rape by a jury. Donald Trump has been found liable for defaming the victim of that rape by a jury. It’s been affirmed by a judge. It repeated the…,” the anchor pressed before she shredded him.

“It was not a criminal court case, number one. Number two, I live with shame, and you’re asking me a question about my political choices trying to shame me as a rape victim and find it disgusting,” she said.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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