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☆ Why ABC News settled with Donald Trump for $15 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —George Stephanopoulos ended Sunday’s “This Week” program without any mention of him or ABC News settling Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against them. The suit was triggered by a segment on “This Week,” but ABC News has not reported on TV at all its agreement to pay $15 million to Trump’s presidential foundation at all. But the speculation – about why ABC agreed to settle, and why now, and why at such expense - has not gone away. Some Trump critics on the left are also certain that they know what’s going on: They say ABC and parent company Disney are bowing to Trump for craven political purposes. According to court documents, ABC and Trump’s team agreed to the settlement terms last Friday.

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☆ Florida basketball coach Todd Golden acknowledges school investigation and considers defamation suit
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

(AP) — Florida basketball coach Todd Golden acknowledged an ongoing school inquiry Saturday and said he is considering “defamation claims,” presumably against his accusers. “I have recently engaged (attorney) Ken Turkel to advise me on my ability to bring defamation claims while this confidential investigation is ongoing. Golden is expected to coach the 21st-ranked Gators (2-0) in that one. Amato was fired without cause one year into a six-year contract, leaving the Gators on the hook for roughly $1.125 million. Rashada is now suing Florida football coach Billy Napier and a prominent booster.

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☆ U.S. House panel on China to highlight abuse of Uyghurs in second hearing
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Michael Martina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - A new U.S. congressional committee on China will hold its second hearing on Thursday, seeking to highlight what Washington says is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region. Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labor, mass surveillance and the placement of 1 million or more Uyghurs - a mainly Muslim ethnic group - in a network of internment camps in Xinjiang. China vigorously denies abuses in Xinjiang, and says it established "vocational training centers" to curb terrorism, separatism and religious radicalism. A United Nations report last year said China may have committed crimes against humanity in the region. Its top Democrat, U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, told reporters that what happens to the Uyghur community in China affects Americans.

☆ Video: What this defamation attorney thinks could have happened in Trump's deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Ken Turkel, an attorney who has represented multiple high profile figures like Sarah Palin and Hulk Hogan in defamation cases, speaks with CNN's Jake Tapper about former President Donald Trump's recent deposition in the defamation case brought against him by E. Jean Carroll.

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