Overview

• According to a federal court filing, $22 million will be directed on Trump’s behalf to the Trust for the National Mall for the White House State Ballroom, with $2.5 million going to other plaintiffs including the American Conservative Union and Naomi Wolf.
• Alphabet confirmed the agreement carries no admission of liability and declined further comment beyond the filing.
• YouTube is the final major platform sued in 2021 to settle, following Meta’s $25 million payout in January and X’s roughly $10 million in February.
• Trump attorney John P. Coale said the resolutions were facilitated by Trump’s reelection, as reporting places his post-election settlements with tech and media firms at more than $80 million.
• YouTube, Meta and Twitter/X suspended Trump after Jan. 6 and later reinstated his accounts in 2022–2023, during a broader rollback of some content-moderation policies.