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.

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    2 days ago

    This is like the textbook definition of, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

    (Not that I actually believe it’s good men making these decisions)