Google Pays Trump $24.5-M to Settle Suit Over Jan. 6 Ban

Google has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle Donald Trump’s lawsuit claiming his 2021 YouTube suspension was illegal censorship, Peter Blumberg and Zoe Tillman reported for Bloomberg News.

Since returning to office, Trump has secured multimillion-dollar settlements with several media and tech giants. (Photo: Sk5893 Wikimedia Commons)

According to the settlement filing, $22 million will fund construction of a new White House ballroom, a project favored by Trump. The rest will go to other plaintiffs in the case. Google declined to comment.

The deal ends Trump’s long-running legal fight with YouTube.

Since returning to office, he has secured multimillion-dollar settlements with several media and tech giants despite repeated court rulings affirming platforms’ First Amendment right to moderate content.

Disney’s ABC News paid him $15 million in December; Meta Platforms agreed to $25 million, including $22 million earmarked for a Trump library; Paramount Global settled for $16 million in July over a dispute involving CBS. Trump dropped his lawsuit against Twitter in February.