Trump establishes a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s X on his post-general. 6 prohibition

Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump He has resolved a lawsuit against the X of Elon Musk on the social networks platform, previously known as Twitter, which prohibits it after the attack of January 6, 2021 against the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The agreement was for about $ 10 million, said the person, speaking, in condition of anonymity to discuss the confidential agreement. It was expected that part of the money went to Trump’s legal fees, with the balance aimed at his future presidential library. It is the last instance of a large corporation that agrees to make great payments to the president to resolve the litigation, since Trump has threatened with compensation to his critics and rivals.

The Wall Street Journal was the first to inform about the settlement. X did not immediately respond to a request for comments.

Musk, who bought Twitter in 2022 and changed it to X, spent more than $ 200 million helping to boost Trump’s presidential effort of 2024 and has joined the administration to lead Trump’s efforts to Trump to Radically shrunk and transform the federal bureaucracy.

Last month, Meta agreed to an agreement of $ 25 million to end the president’s demand for being excluded from his platforms after the Capitol attack by Trump’s supporters seeking to cancel his electoral defeat 2020. And ABC News agreed In December To pay $ 15 million Towards the Trump presidential library to resolve a demand for defamation on the inaccurate statement in the air E. Jean Carroll.

Trump has also sued Google from Alphabet for being expelled from YouTube after the disturbance of the Capitol, although his access has been restored.

Trump has filed a lawsuit against CBS News for the claims that the Network issued a mislead Interference of voters. ” “Involve the public and try to tip the balance.” The program He denied the statements.

And it has a lawsuit against the DES Moines registration, the parent company of the media, Gannett, and the Iowa Ann Selzer newspaper, claiming that they violated the Iowa consumer fraud law by launching a survey before the November November elections that significantly underestimated their support. The State. The document and Selzer have denied irregularities.

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The Associated Press writer, Barbara Ortutay, contributed reports.