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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