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Let alone $200 million! 26 women had already accused him of rape, including his first wife. He himself admitted he "grabs" women "by the pussy," which is what he did to Carroll. When Trump lied that she was a "nutjob" and he "never met her" she got death threats and it affected her otherwise excellent reputation as a writer. Stephanopoulos repeating what CARROLL'S JUDGE HAD ALREADY SAID (that the jury found Trump raped Carroll) changed nothing for Trump. NOBODY's opinion of Trump, nor their actions toward him, were changed by Stephanopoulos repeating what Judge Kaplan had already said from the bench.

If news organizations fold in the face his kind of shit, we lose the First Amended and slide into a kleptocratic dictatorship. You justifying this settlement is just greasing the skids. We should not be obeying in advance.

This sets a horrible precedent. This will further chill critical reporting of Trump. Trump's defamation/libel suits are basically SLAPP suits. They are about intimidation, to prevent people from saying critical things about Trump, a public figure. And now he will be filing a shit ton more of them, thanks to ABC caving.

You are not helping matters by defending this harmful cowardice by ABC.

ABC had the money to fight Trump and take it to trial. Most people, including many journalists, don't have that kind of money. How can we expect these smaller folks to be braver than ABC? This is horrible for our country.