Summary
Legal experts, including former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, criticized ABC News for settling Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit for $15 million, calling it “far from normal.”
The lawsuit stemmed from anchor George Stephanopoulos’ claim that Trump was “found liable for rape” in the E. Jean Carroll case.
While New York law defines rape narrowly, Judge Lewis Kaplan noted, “In other words, [Trump] in fact did ‘rape’ Ms. Carroll as that term commonly is used and understood in contexts outside of the New York Penal Law.”
Critics questioned why ABC settled early, suggesting political deference to Trump.
I’m not sure I blame them. After seeing the long list of cronies Trump is planning to install in government leadership on day 1, and the rhetoric he has been throwing around about punishing his detractors… I certainly would not want to be actively involved in any sort of legal dispute with the man right now.
This is like the textbook definition of, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
(Not that I actually believe it’s good men making these decisions)
Seems there is a whole lot of nothing going on right now.
When we unite we are stronger than him. Pressure works. That’s why ABC should not have settled.
You should go watch a video on what happens when you appease Hitler.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=appeasing+hitler+-+youtube&ko=-1&iax=videos&ia=videos