ABC consents to provide $15 million to Donald Trump’s governmental library to settle disparagement suit
NEW YORK CITY-- ABC News has actually consented to pay $15 million towards Donald Trump's governmental library to settle a disparagement claim over anchor George Stephanopoulos' incorrect on-air assertion that the president-elect had actually been discovered civilly accountable for raping author E. Jean Carroll.As part of the settlement revealed Saturday, ABC News published an editor's note to its site revealing remorse over Stephanopoulos' declarations throughout a March 10 sector on his "This Week" program. The network will likewise pay $1 million in legal charges to the law office of Trump's lawyer, Alejandro Brito.The settlement arrangement explains ABC's governmental library payment as a "charitable contribution," with the cash allocated for a non-profit company that is being develope...