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YouTube to pay Trump $22M over Jan. 6 expulsion
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Trump’s share, $22 million, will go toward funding the ballroom he is building at the White House, according to court documents.
YouTube is the “final Big Tech company to settle” his censorship claims, following Meta’s $25 million agreement in January and Twitter/X’s $10 million payout in February.
When the lawsuits were filed, “legal experts predicted Trump had little chance of prevailing,” The Associated Press said.
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