ABC’s ‘The View’ ignores Stephanopoulos’ agreement with Trump

ABC’s “The View” ignored media company and news anchor George Stephanopoulos’ settlement with President-elect Donald Trump because he repeatedly said the president-elect was “convicted of rape.”

The ABC talk show covered the New Jersey drone story as well as Senator Mitt Romney’s interview on CNN on Sunday in which he said, “Give him a chance to do what he said he would do and see.” “How it works.”

The settlement was publicly filed Saturday and showed the two parties reached an agreement and avoided a costly trial. According to the settlement, ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable donation to a “presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as established by Presidents of the United States of America in the past.” . Additionally, the network will pay $1 million in Trump’s legal fees.

The co-hosts of “The View” have been outspoken about the Trump lawsuits throughout the election cycle. They often refer to him as a convicted felon.

The co-hosts of “The View” ignored ABC’s settlement with Donald Trump over the weekend. (Screenshot/ABC)

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Stephanopoulos and ABC News were also required to issue “regret” statements as an editor’s note at the end of a March 10, 2024 release. Online articleabout comments earlier this year that led Trump to file the defamation lawsuit.

“ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret the statements about President Donald J. Trump made by George Stephanopoulos during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024,” the note said.

Stephanopoulos reiterated that Trump was “held liable for rape” 10 times during his argument with Mace, even though a jury actually found Trump liable for “sexual abuse,” which has a clear definition under New York law.

The comparison was criticized by media representatives.

“I’m concerned about the impact this could have on others and the chilling effect it could have on people who would otherwise be critical of Donald Trump,” MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade said during a discussion of the defamation settlement on Saturday.

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos and members of the media settle with Donald Trump after he sued for defamation. (Getty Images)

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Marc E. Elias, a Democratic election lawyer, accused ABC News of bending the knee and kissing the ring by settling.

“Knees bent. Ring kissed. Another legacy news outlet chooses obedience,” he wrote on X.

“It seems to me that the ABC boardroom was somehow involved in this decision,” LA Times legal columnist Harry Litman said during the MSNBC appearance on Saturday. “And my big concern, to put more detail on what Barb is saying, is that it’s somehow related to the fact that he’s about to become president.”

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Some of “The View’s” co-hosts have criticized their outspoken Trump critics Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough for meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the election.

Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin objected to the meeting and accused her of kissing Trump’s ring at his Palm Beach home.

Fox News’ Gabriel Hays and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.