“Elon Musk’s X has agreed to pay about $10 million to settle a lawsuit that Donald Trump brought against the company and its former chief executive,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The agreement makes X the second social-media platform to settle litigation that Trump filed when the companies deplatformed him over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Trump, along with other plaintiffs, filed the lawsuit in 2021 against the company, then called Twitter, and its chief executive at the time, Jack Dorsey. Musk reinstated Trump on the platform in November 2022.
“Trump’s team considered letting the lawsuit fizzle out, according to some people familiar with the matter, citing Musk’s proximity to the president and the fact that he spent $250 million to help elect him. But they ultimately moved forward with the settlement despite Trump and Musk’s close relationship.”
