ABC News and one of its leading hosts, George Stephanopoulos, agreed with President-elect Donald Trump to settle Trump’s defamation lawsuit against them, avoiding a potentially costly trial, court filings released Saturday show.
ABC News will pay $15 million by Dec. 24 as a “charitable contribution” towards a yet-to-be-built presidential foundation or museum for Trump, according to court documents shared by FOX News.
The U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Florida also ordered ABC News and Stephanopoulos to add an “Editor’s Note” to a March 10, 2024 article within 24 hours. The note — according to the settlement — will state that “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,…