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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

ABC News and George Stephanopoulos agree to $15m payout in Trump case

Composite image of Stephanopoulos and Trump.
ABC host George Stephanopoulos (left) said on air that Trump had been ‘found liable for rape’. Photograph: Getty Images

ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos agreed on Saturday to pay $15m to a foundation and museum to be established by Donald Trump as part of a settlement in the defamation lawsuit Trump filed against the network earlier this year.

In addition to $15m, ABC News and Stephanopoulos agreed to issue statements of regret surrounding a March interview Stephanopoulos had with South Carolina’s Republican representative – and Trump ally – Nancy Mace in which he repeatedly claimed that Trump had been found “liable for rape”.

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