Elon Musk's X Settles Trump Lawsuit Over January 6 Suspension for $10 Million

The settlement resolves Trump's lawsuit against the platform, which banned him after the Capitol riots, as Musk's ties to the former president deepen.

Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, agreed to pay $10 million to settle Donald Trump's lawsuit over his 2021 account suspension.
The lawsuit, filed in 2021, alleged that Twitter violated Trump's First Amendment rights when banning him for posts linked to the January 6 Capitol riots; it was dismissed in 2022 but later appealed.
Trump's legal team considered dropping the case due to Musk's financial and political support, but ultimately pursued and reached the settlement.
This settlement follows Meta's $25 million agreement last month to resolve a similar lawsuit over Trump's account suspension on Facebook and Instagram.
Musk, who reinstated Trump's account after acquiring Twitter in 2022, now leads the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with reducing federal bureaucracy.