Meta to pay President Trump $25 million as settlement for suspending his Facebook accounts
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Meta will pay Donald Trump roughly $25 million as part of a settlement agreement resolving a 2021 lawsuit, brought after the company suspended the president’s Facebook accounts.
Trump filed the suit after his accounts were taken offline in the wake of the January 6 attack on U.S. Capitol.
Sources familiar with the agreement, told The Wall Street Journal that of the sum, $22 million will go toward a fund for Trump’s presidential library, and the rest for legal fees and the other plaintiffs who signed onto the case.
The president signed the settlement agreement Wednesday, the sources said.
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Source: independent.co.uk
