ABC Settles Donald Trump Defamation Case; Network Will Contribute $15 Million To President-Elect's Foundation And Museum

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : " The network also will pay $1 million to Brito, PLLC, the law firm representing Trump.
48% : In a June ruling, a federal judge refused to dismiss the case, delivering a legal victory to Trump.
44% : The settlement comes one day after a magistrate judge ordered Trump and Stephanopoulos to sit for depositions next week.
28% : Last year, a civil jury found that Trump was liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
24% : " Trump is appealing the jury's verdicts in the Carroll civil case, in which juries have awarded her almost $90 million in damages.
22% : Trump contended that he was defamed as Stephanopoulos did not make the distinction.
19% : During the interview with Mace, Stephanopoulos said that "juries have found" Trump "liable for rape."
14% : Trump sued the network earlier this year over remarks that This Week anchor George Stephanopoulos made during a contentious interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) in March.

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