Raw Story: 'This is actually how democracy dies': Experts denounce ABC's settlement of Trump lawsuit

[Dennis Donovan]

Raw Story - 'This is actually how democracy dies': Experts denounce ABC's settlement of Trump lawsuit

David McAfee
December 14, 2024 6:20PM ET

Experts and critics of Donald Trump spoke out on Saturday after it was reported that ABC has agreed to give $15 million to Trump’s presidential library to resolve a defamation lawsuit.

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The responses to the development spilled in from social media.

Reporter Oliver Willis said, "This is actually how democracy dies."

Former prosecutor Joyce Vance said, "I'm old enough to remember--and to have worked on--cases where newspapers vigorously defended themselves against defamation cases instead of folding before the defendant was even deposed."

"That, by the way, includes defamation cases brought by candidates for the presidency," she then added.

Democratic elections attorney Marc Elias noted that the "charity" described in news reports is "a presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for the Plaintiff."

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[montanacowboy]

1. The filthy cowards

and what favors do they think they will get from him? Have they not learned anything? He will take the $$$$$$$$$$$ and run and then shit on ABC. What a sad joke this country has become. Kissing his ass making fools of themselves. Damn them all to hell and back.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. There's information we don't know about that could explain

why on the cusp of a potentially devastating deposition this week, ABC/Stephanopoulos settled. Trump would have had to answer very uncomfortable questions and on record.

If this case were to be settled and without Trump testifying, I would have imagined it would be TRUMP who would have settled and asked for the case to be dismissed.

[Scrivener7]

3. I am tired of being told "there are things we don't know"

when we know plenty enough to understand what we're looking at.

This was capitulation in advance.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. OUTRAGE: ABC Gives Trump $15 MILLION

[arthritisR_US]

5. Your media is so pathetic, 15 M to a Dump library and we

all know he doesn’t read beyond the first two words of a sentence .

[Passages]

6. So far he has skated through some very dark territory and won.

He must feel invincible, I wonder why??