ABC News and anchorman George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with President-elect Donald Trump in his defamation suit, with the network paying Trump $15 million.
ABC News will make the payment as a charitable contribution to a “Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past.” ABC will also pay $1 million in Trump’s attorney fees.
Trump filed the suit against Stephanopoulos after a March 10 interview with South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace in which Stephanopoulos asserted that Trump was found “liable for rape” in a civil case.
Trump spent Saturday afternoon at the Army-Navy football game, joined by Vice President-elect JD Vance, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and other high-profile supporters.