YouTube to pay Trump $24.5M settlement
YouTube (owned by Google) agreed to pay $24.5 million to former President Donald Trump to settle a 2021 lawsuit alleging his account was wrongfully suspended after the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack, according to federal court papers filed Sept. 29, 2025. The settlement allocates roughly $22 million to the Trust for the National Mall for construction of a White House ballroom project and $2.5 million to other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union and author Naomi Wolf.
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🔍 Key Facts
- YouTube/Google agreed to a $24.5 million settlement, per federal court filings dated Sept. 29, 2025.
- $22 million of the payout is designated to the Trust for the National Mall to help finance a new White House ballroom project; $2.5 million will go to other plaintiffs (ACU, Naomi Wolf).
- The settlement follows earlier tech-company payouts to Trump over Jan. 6 suspensions — Meta paid $25M and X (formerly Twitter) paid $10M — and was reported/confirmed in court papers and NPR coverage.