Quotes
Trump sued me because I used the word ‘rape,’ even though a judge said that’s in fact what did happen. We filed a motion to dismiss,
Stephanopoulos told late-night host Stephen Colbert
I got to think that the ABC boardroom was involved in this decision somehow,
LA Times legal columnist Harry Litman said during the MSNBC appearance on SaturdaySo how the boardroom affected the legal room here, I hope we will learn. But given the timing, he is on a roll and a roll, that is really unsettling in terms of public confidence in the criminal justice system and media confidence, and who is left after the media to tell the truth, that he will come after them, make their lives miserable, and it has been successful so far,
Litman addedFirst the LA Times, then the Washington Post, and now ABC News. They are all falling to Donald Trump. When George Stephanopoulos said Trump "raped" E. Jean Carroll, he was using the word colloquially. Trump was found liable of sexually assaulting her,
USA Today opinion columnist wrote on BlueskyThis seems quite targeted, and I don’t think George Stephanopoulos was wrong. I’m sorry,
MSNBC host Symone Sanders said during a conversation on the network on SaturdayThis sets a worrisome precedent."
Justin Baragona, a former Daily Beast reporter who now writes for the Independent, wrote on Bluesky
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,
wrote former federal prosecutor and MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance
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Settling seals the case and lets ABC (and parent company Disney) move on,
Stelter saidThe finding that Ms.Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape,
he wroteJudge Kaplan’s findings do not have preclusive effect here,
she addedThat would be a tough bar for Trump to reach in this case because of the kinds of statements that were made and the outcome of the E. Jean Carroll defamation case against Trump,
she saidYou've endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape,
he also declared
How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?"
Stephanopoulos piously asked Mace on ABC's "This Week." on March 10.Knee bent. Ring kissed. Another legacy news outlet chooses obedience,
said Marc Elias, the Democrat lawyer who helped push the discredited Steele dossier
ABC’s settlement with Trump feels like it could be an inflection point in the Orbanization of our politics. I hope it isn’t,
opined Bill Kristol on X, in attempting to connect Trump to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
How many coloring books can $15 million buy? Also, we're doomed."
Responding to the settlement, Mary Trump, a vocal critic of her uncle, took to X, formerly Twitter, and wrote Saturday evening
This is a blow. I can't sugar coat it. This was a tragic blow to the American experiment. We also have to remember that we do have allies across the world who are aligned with us and will be there for us if we need them, and we will."
In a YouTube video titled ... Understanding Trump ... Mary Trump saidThere are a lot of people out there who understand what we are going through who understand the dangers we are facing and understand the fight ahead of us,
she added as she showed several TikTok videos of women from other governments around the world post their support for American womenFrom everything that I can see, his conversations with the Russian ambassador—he was doing this country a favor, and he should be thanked for it,
Nunes said at the time
Their anger primarily stems from the fact that they have faced repeated budget and compensation cuts in recent years, experienced layoffs, and yet the network — even if insurance paid it — has paid this huge sum of money to settle this matter,
Ali wrote