Trending Images Share on Instagram Former President and 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump claims he lost a $50 million lawsuit after playing the Sam and Dave song “Hold On I'm Coming” at a campaign rally.
Verdict: False
A federal judge has banned Trump from playing the song at his campaign rallies, but CBS News reports that the litigation over the matter is “still ongoing.”
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The image, which has received more than 10,000 likes at the time of writing, claims that Trump lost a $50 million lawsuit after playing the Sam & Dave song “Hold On I'm Coming” at a campaign rally.
“BREAKING: Donald Trump lost a $50 million lawsuit yesterday after he used Isaac Hayes' music and song “Hold On” at his rallies and refused to stop using it for copyright infringement. Why isn't this making bigger headlines? [sic] “That would have happened if Trump had won,” the text on the image reads.
This claim is false. CBS NewsA federal judge in Atlanta ordered the Trump campaign to stop using the song, following a lawsuit filed by the family of one of the song's co-writers, the late Isaac Hayes Jr., who claimed that Trump and his campaign associates infringed their copyright and should “pay damages,” according to the media.
The judge ruled that Trump must stop using the song after Hayes Jr.'s estate requested an emergency preliminary injunction. Although Trump is barred from using the song, his campaign does not have to remove videos featuring the song, and litigation on the matter is “ongoing,” CBS News reported.
Similarly, Check Your Fact There is no reliable news coverage The statement was used to support the claim that Trump lost a $50 million lawsuit for playing the song at a campaign rally, when in fact the opposite was true. USA Today It reported that the allegations were false.
Moreover, Trump does not appear to have publicly commented on the allegations. Official websitehis Verified Social media accountor his TRUTH Social Accounts. (Related: No, Newsweek is not reporting that Melania Trump and Donald Trump are divorcing)
Check Your Fact has reached out to a spokesperson for Trump for comment.
