Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Mary Trump, the estranged niece of Donald Trump, warned on Saturday that “we’re doomed” after the president-elect’s defamation lawsuit against ABC News was settled.ABC News agreed on Saturday to pay $15 million toward Trump’s presidential library and issue a public apology to settle a defamation lawsuit over inaccurate statements made by anchor George Stephanopoulos during a broadcast earlier this year.Trump filed the defamation suit after Stephanopoulos claimed during a March 10 segment of ABC News’ This Week while interviewing Representative Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, that Trump had been “found liable for rape” in connection to writer E. Jean Carroll and her lawsuits against him. In May 2023, a civil jury in New York found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and then defaming her character while denying the assault took place, but not of raping her.Last year, Trump was ordered to pay Carroll $5 million, and in January was ordered to pay her $83.3 million on additional defamation claims. The president-elect is appealing both verdicts.Meanwhile, Saturday’s settlement terms require ABC News to publish a note on its website expressing regret over the claim. Additionally, the network will pay $1 million in legal fees to Trump’s attorneys.”We are pleased that the parties have reached an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit on the terms in the court filing,” ABC News said in a statement.Responding to the settlement, Mary Trump, a vocal critic of her uncle, took to X, formerly Twitter, and wrote Saturday evening: “How many coloring books can $15 million buy? Also, we’re doomed.”Newsweek has reached out to Trump’s transition team and Mary Trump via email for comment on Sunday morning.
Mary Trump is seen on September 12 in New York City. The estranged niece of President-elect Donald Trump, warned on Saturday that “we’re doomed” after her uncle’s defamation lawsuit against ABC News was settled.
Mary Trump is seen on September 12 in New York City. The estranged niece of President-elect Donald Trump, warned on Saturday that “we’re doomed” after her uncle’s defamation lawsuit against ABC News was settled.
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Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over both Carroll cases, clarified in July 2023 that the jury’s conclusion reflected specific legal definitions.”The definition of rape in the New York Penal Law is far narrower than the meaning of ‘rape’ in common modern parlance, its definition in some dictionaries, in some federal and state criminal statutes, and elsewhere,” he wrote.The judge further noted that the jury’s conclusion meant Carroll had failed to prove rape “within the narrow, technical meaning of a particular section of the New York Penal Law.” However, Kaplan emphasized this did not mean Carroll “failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.'”While it is not clear what Mary Trump specifically meant with her warning of “doomed,” it is not the first time she has warned people about her uncle.In November, shortly after Trump was elected to a second term in a decisive victory against Vice President Kamala Harris, Mary Trump warned of “dangers” ahead.In a YouTube video titled “Understanding Trump’s Shocking Win – Mary Trump’s Path Forward,” Mary Trump said, “This is a blow. I can’t sugar coat it. This was a tragic blow to the American experiment. We also have to remember that we do have allies across the world who are aligned with us and will be there for us if we need them, and we will.””There are a lot of people out there who understand what we are going through who understand the dangers we are facing and understand the fight ahead of us,” she added as she showed several TikTok videos of women from other governments around the world post their support for American women.
