George Stephanopoulos And ABC Agree To Apologize To Trump, Pay $15M In Defamation Case Settlement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : As part of the agreement, the network will contribute $15 million to a charitable foundation and museum to be established by or for Trump, similar to those created by past U.S. Presidents.
44% : The settlement came after U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid ordered Trump and Stephanopoulos to appear for depositions next week, ahead of the December 24 deadline for the defendants to file a motion for summary judgment to avoid a trial.
28% : After showing a video of Mace discussing being a victim of rape, Stephanopoulos asked her, "How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?""You've endorsed Donald Trump for president.
26% : ""Trump sued me because I used the word 'rape,' even though a judge said that's in fact what did happen.
25% : After the federal jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse but not rape, Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in a subsequent ruling that just because Carroll failed to prove rape "within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove thatTrump 'raped' her as many people commonly understand the word 'rape.'
15% : On Saturday, ABC News reached a settlement involving a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump.
14% : Stephanopoulos repeated that claim ten times during his spat with Mace, despite the fact that a jury actually determined Trump was liable for "sexual abuse," which has a distinct definition under New York law.
3% : Trump sued Stephanopoulos for defamation after he claimed that Trump was found "liable for rape" in a civil case during a contentious interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) last March.

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