Tommy Vieter, a former adviser to President Obama, said on his podcast on Tuesday that Disney would “kow in” to President-elect Donald Trump following a settlement with former President Donald Trump, forcing other media outlets and companies to “give in” to Trump. He talked about how he thought it could give a “signal” not to fight back. Over the weekend.
In court filings released Saturday, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and the network have agreed to settle President Trump’s defamation lawsuit and will pay the former president $15 million by Dec. 24. It has been confirmed that it has been confirmed.[p]Housing Foundation and Museum. “Pod Save America” co-host Jon Lovett defended Stephanopoulos, saying in a March segment of his show “This Week” that Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy He defended Stephanopoulos, citing Trump’s claim that he was “responsible for rape” while criticizing Mace. She supported the former president.
“Well, I still think they’re being very generous to Trump.”[‘s] “I interpreted what Mr. Stephanopoulos said,” Lovett said. “Because, yes, it is technically true that it was sexual abuse, not rape. Even the judge in this case went out of his way to say that this is a narrow legal definition. Rape. Because the term is commonly used, it may apply in this case as well.
“Therefore, there is an argument that this is not what Stephanopoulos said, and he is not wrong. So it’s all eminently defensible,” Lovett said.
Vieter chimed in, noting that CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook have appeared to be appealing to Trump since his victory in November, noting that it would be difficult for Disney to win in a lawsuit. He said he believed there was no such thing. (Related article: ‘He’s too ballless’: Megyn Kelly slams Stephanopoulos over $15 million blunder on ABC)
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“Also, if you’re a public figure, this shouldn’t be a difficult case. It shows that it’s very cold. This shows that there’s some momentum behind all these cases. It’s… “Just as we’re seeing evidence that CEOs and companies are preemptively bowing down to Trump, there’s this, I don’t know, there’s this evidence,” Vieter said. Ta.
“That’s Mark Zuckerberg cutting a check for $1 million at Tim Cook’s inauguration while having dinner with Donald Trump. Ted Sarandos is currently going to Mar-a-Lago to meet him. We’re on our way. Look, I think this is probably going to worry a lot of news organizations,” Vietre added. “Given the context of what we just talked about, that Mr. Stephanopoulos’ statements are completely defensible, and given that Mr. Trump is a public figure, the news organization’s $15 million settlement is in this context. It would be unthinkable otherwise.”
After Trump’s victory, reports revealed that Zuckerberg visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Despite neither Facebook CEO nor Mehta contributing to President Trump’s 2017 Inaugural Fund or President Biden’s 2021 Fund, the tech company contributed $1 million to the former President’s Inaugural Fund this year. donated dollars. According to In the Wall Street Journal.
The apology to Trump is not Stephanopoulos’ first public correction. In 2015, the longtime ABC host had to apologize to viewers after making an undisclosed donation to the Clinton Foundation, which totaled an estimated $70,000 over several years. It was later revealed that the amount had reached $5,000. According to To the free beacon. According to the report, Stephanopoulos had given an on-air interview with the Clinton Foundation regarding his alleged shady relationships with foreign donors prior to making the donations public.
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