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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSHitler shakes down YouTube to get money for his tacky ballroom
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/youtube-to-pay-24-5-million-to-settle-lawsuit-brought-by-trump-808f6823?st=Q98zA5&reflink=article_copyURL_shareWASHINGTONYouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company and its chief executive over its suspension of Trumps account after that years riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to court papers.
The settlement makes YouTube, which is owned by Alphabets Google, the final Big Tech company to settle a trio of lawsuits Trump brought against social-media platforms in the months after he left the White House. Meta Platforms agreed in January to pay $25 million, most of it to a fund for Trumps presidential library, and X agreed to pay $10 million, much of it going directly to Trump, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
Google executives were eager to keep their settlement smaller than the one paid by rival Meta, according to people familiar with the matter. Trumps share of the settlement$22 millionwill go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, earmarked for the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom Trump is building at the White House, according to the court documents. The White House has said the ballroom, expected to cost $200 million, would be funded by donations from Trump and other patriot donors.
A further $2.5 million will go to the other plaintiffs on the case, a group that includes the American Conservative Union and writer Naomi Wolf. The settlement doesnt mention attorney fees.
The settlement makes YouTube, which is owned by Alphabets Google, the final Big Tech company to settle a trio of lawsuits Trump brought against social-media platforms in the months after he left the White House. Meta Platforms agreed in January to pay $25 million, most of it to a fund for Trumps presidential library, and X agreed to pay $10 million, much of it going directly to Trump, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
Google executives were eager to keep their settlement smaller than the one paid by rival Meta, according to people familiar with the matter. Trumps share of the settlement$22 millionwill go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, earmarked for the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom Trump is building at the White House, according to the court documents. The White House has said the ballroom, expected to cost $200 million, would be funded by donations from Trump and other patriot donors.
A further $2.5 million will go to the other plaintiffs on the case, a group that includes the American Conservative Union and writer Naomi Wolf. The settlement doesnt mention attorney fees.
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CousinIT
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cilla4progress
(26,452 posts)1. what the fuck is wrong with these companies
sickening
Walleye
(42,645 posts)2. That lot of real estate he's building on must be worth hundreds of millions
Just raising money for the building does not take the cost of it away from us
bob4460
(346 posts)3. They fought it until he got in power
And now they are buying favors.