Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson said Friday on his podcast that President-elect Donald Trump could have a “cause

ABC News settled with Donald Trump over George Stephanopoulos’s on-air use of the word "Rape," marking a setback for press freedom.

Trump has filed or threatened to file a lot of lawsuits over alleged defamatory coverage. But he hasn't won one, hasn't even come close to winning one. Now he has.

Months after Kaplan’s clarification of the jury’s finding, ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos said on the air that Trump was found liable for rape. Because Trump relies on frivolous lawsuits to silence his critics and uses protracted and unethical litigation as his bullwhip, he sued ABC for defamation.

Trump was the plaintiff, but will not be receiving the $15 million payment or the $1 million paid to his lawyer. That way, Trump does not have to pay tax on the $15 million.

The lawsuit stemmed from an interview in March 2024 where TV host George Stephanopoulos incorrectly said Trump had been found "liable for rape."

The settlement calls for ABC to pay the $15 million toward Trump’s presidential museum and foundation, which allows the network to categorize the expense as a charitable contribution. ABC has also appended an apology to its prior reporting to clarify the legal distinctions in the case.

In an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R–S.C.) on ABC's This Week last March, host George Stephanopoulos repeatedly and inaccurately asserted that Donald

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

Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson said Friday on his podcast that President-elect Donald Trump could have a “cause for reversal” in the E. Jean Carroll case, citing the language used by the presiding judge.

ABC News has agreed to contribute $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation suit brought against the network and host George Stephanopoulos.

ABC News will pay $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library in a settlement for George Stephanopoulos' libel lawsuit. The news anchor incorrectly said in a March 2024 interview that Trump was found civilly liable for the 'rape' of writer E.