ABC News has inked a brand new cope with his longtime anchor George Stephanopoulos as he value the community tens of millions in its lawsuit settlement with President-elect Donald Trump, in line with studies.
Stephanpoulos, who reportedly made as much as $18 million per 12 months in his earlier contract, was on the middle of a defamation go well with that was settled with Trump final week, however studies say the timing between the settlement and his new contract have been coincidental.
ABC News didn’t instantly reply to Fox News Digital‘s request for remark.
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ABC News inked a brand new cope with liberal anchor George Stephanopoulos on the heels of the $15 million defamation settlement the community made with President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
The extension to Stephanopoulos’ contract adopted studies of alleged behind-the-scenes drama on the Disney-owned community. Variety reported that Stephanopolous was “blindsided” by his bosses’ choice to settle the defamation lawsuit and that he was “sad” with the end result.
Network insiders had solid uncertainty whether or not the settlement would affect Stephanopoulos’ future at ABC, in line with Variety’s report. However, hours after that story was printed, The Los Angeles Times broke the information of the anchor’s extension at ABC.
The lawsuit stemmed from an trade Stephanpoulos had with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., in March on his Sunday program “This Week” during which he claimed ten separate times Trump was discovered “responsible for rape,” when the jury within the E. Jean Carroll civil case really decided him to be responsible for “sexual abuse,” which has a definite definition beneath New York legislation.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks throughout a information convention at Mar-a-Lago, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP/Evan Vucci)
Initially, the “Good Morning America” co-host was defiant within the face of Trump’s lawsuit, telling CBS’ Stephen Colbert that he wouldn’t be “cowed out of doing my job due to a risk.”
“Trump sued me as a result of I used the phrase ‘rape,’ despite the fact that a decide mentioned that’s in actual fact what did occur. We filed a movement to dismiss,” Stephanopoulos advised Colbert.
A decide in the end tossed ABC News’ movement to dismiss Trump’s lawsuit and settled with the president-elect in December earlier than coming into a pricey trial.
ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos falsely mentioned former President Trump was discovered “responsible for rape” a number of instances throughout an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. (Screenshot/ABC News)
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According to the settlement, ABC News can pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a “Presidential basis and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established up to now.” Additionally, the community can pay $1 million in Trump’s legal professional charges.
Stephanopoulos and ABC News additionally needed to challenge statements of “remorse” as an editor’s notice on the backside of an article on ABC News’ web site. The notice reads, “ABC News and George Stephanopoulos remorse statements relating to President Donald J. Trump made throughout an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024.”
Liberal critics from rival networks together with CNN, NBC and MSNBC accused ABC News of “bending the knee” to Trump.
