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Meta settled Trump's suspension suit for $25 million

Reporting and findings

  1. settled

    Meta agreed to pay $25 million to settle Donald Trump's account-suspension lawsuit, including $22 million for a fund for his presidential library.

Summary and current status

The agreement allocated $22 million to a fund for Trump's presidential library, with the remainder for fees and other plaintiffs.

Settlement executed

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  1. Donald J. Trumpsecured platform settlement for future presidential libraryTrump v. Meta Platforms account-suspension settlement

Money trail

  1. paymentMeta presidential-library fund allocation$22 million
    Committed by / source
    Meta Platforms
    Committed to
    Fund for Donald Trump's presidential library
    committed · 2025-01-29 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation Component of Meta's $25 million settlement allocated to a fund for Donald Trump's presidential libraryPeriod 2025-01-29 to 2025-01-29Basis Expressly allocated library-fund component reported by ABC News, nested within the settlement total.Limits The $22 million allocation is nested within the $25 million settlement; later disbursement and spending by the future library are unverified.
  2. paymentMeta account-suspension settlement total$25 million
    Committed by / source
    Meta Platforms
    Committed to
    Trump v. Meta settlement recipients
    committed · 2025-01-29 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation Entire settlement of Trump and the other plaintiffs' account-suspension claims against MetaPeriod 2025-01-29 to 2025-01-29Basis Executed settlement total reported by ABC News, with the $22 million library-fund allocation nested inside it.Limits The cited claim does not separately allocate the $3 million remainder among legal fees and other plaintiffs.