"His primary issue was that host Trevor Noah told a Jeffrey Epstein joke. "Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!!" Trump wrote. "I can't speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight's false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media.""
"Trump referenced defamation suits he filed recently against ABC and CBS. Its true that both of those legal efforts worked out for him. ABC paid $15 million to Trump's presidential library to settle a defamation suit over George Stephanopoulos inaccurately saying on-air that the president had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. And CBS parent company Paramount paid $16 million to settle a lawsuit over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris."
Donald Trump watched the Grammys and posted angry comments on Truth Social early Monday, calling the show boring and unfunny. His main complaint targeted host Trevor Noah for making a Jeffrey Epstein joke that implied Trump visited Epstein Island. Trump denied ever visiting Epstein Island, called Noah's joke false and defamatory, and threatened to sue. Trump referenced recent defamation suits that settled in his favor, noting ABC paid $15 million over an on-air misstatement about E. Jean Carroll and Paramount paid $16 million to settle a 60 Minutes editing dispute involving Kamala Harris. The suits were widely viewed as spurious and settlements as kowtowing.
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