"(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) YouTube has agreed to pay Donald Trump $24.5 million for kicking him off its video-sharing platform following the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal. Trump brought the lawsuit against the company and its chief executive in 2021. The Journal reported: Trump's share of the settlement$22 millionwill go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, earmarked for the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom Trump is building at the White House, according to the court documents."
"A further $2.5 million will go to the other plaintiffs on the case, a group that includes the American Conservative Union and writer Naomi Wolf. The settlement doesn't mention attorney fees. YouTube is owned by Alphabet's Google, and is the final Big Tech company to settle a trio of lawsuits Trump brought against social-media platforms in the months after he left the White House, the report said. The platform reinstated Trump's account in 2023. Meta agreed to pay $25 million, much of which will go to build Trump's presidential library, while Elon Musk's X agreed to a $10 million settlement that will go directly to Trump."
YouTube agreed to pay Donald Trump $24.5 million to settle his lawsuit over removal following the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots. Trump will receive $22 million to be paid to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall to fund a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom at the White House, a project expected to cost $200 million and funded by donations from Trump and other supporters. Another $2.5 million will go to co-plaintiffs including the American Conservative Union and Naomi Wolf. The settlement does not mention attorney fees. YouTube is owned by Alphabet's Google and reinstated Trump's account in 2023. Other platforms reached separate settlements.
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