Summary
Legal experts, including former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, criticized ABC News for settling Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit for $15 million, calling it “far from normal.”
The lawsuit stemmed from anchor George Stephanopoulos’ claim that Trump was “found liable for rape” in the E. Jean Carroll case.
While New York law defines rape narrowly, Judge Lewis Kaplan noted, “In other words, [Trump] in fact did ‘rape’ Ms. Carroll as that term commonly is used and understood in contexts outside of the New York Penal Law.”
Critics questioned why ABC settled early, suggesting political deference to Trump.
Bruh, Biden’s not even my president and I’m not American. If you read carefully, you’ll realize I’m saying you don’t need to blame anything on Biden because his pardons have nothing to do with what Trump is doing now. Trump is doing what Trump does regardless of what Biden does. The whole premise of Trump’s political career is breaking precedent.