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NBC’s Chuck Todd is accusing ABC of “abandoning” George Stephanopoulos for settling their lawsuit with Donald Trump instead of trying to defend his lies in court.

ABC was sued by Donald Trump following comments by George Stephanopoulos on March 10, 2024, who alleged the President-elect was “liable for rape” following a 2023 civil case brought by E. Jean Carroll. Anyone familiar with the details of the case knows that Trump was not found “liable for rape” in that case.

ABC decided to reach a settlement instead of go to trial, and will pay $15 million towards Trump’s future presidential library, and another $1 million towards his legal fees. It will also post an editor’s note under the corresponding article, which will read:


ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024.

Despite the lawsuit, some liberal commentators have jumped to the defense of ABC and Stephanopoulos, who refused to acknowledge the settlement in his show on Sunday, Dec. 15.

In an interview with former CNN pundit Chris Cillizza, Chuck said there was “precedent” for Trump filing lawsuits against the press, and believed the ABC case would have been thrown out if it appeared before a court. Clearly ABC disagreed.

Chuck Todd: This was stunning to me and absolutely a gut punch to anybody that works at a major media company, because I think it does set a precedent that is going to be very difficult to get out from under potentially. this was a decision to buy off bad PR. “All I will say is, if I were in the situation that George was in, I would feel like my network abandoned me.”


Cillizza posted a clip of the interview on X, arguing that the error made with Stephanopoulos’ choice of words set an “incredibly dangerous precedent”. Some, however, were bamboozled by the claims.


Others argued that ABC had not told the truth with Stephanopoulos’ remarks, with Trump therefore correct to pursue legal action.

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