YouTube agrees to $24.5M settlement with Trump over J6 suspension

YouTube on Monday agreed to pay President Donald Trump $24.5 million in a settlement after Trump filed a lawsuit saying his account was suspended in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The Alphabet-owned company will pay $22 million to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall to support construction of the White House Ballroom that Trump has often spoken about, CNN reports.

A court document details that the settlement will be “dedicated to restoring, preserving, and elevating the National Mall, to support the construction of the White House State Ballroom.”

It will also issue $2.5 million to settle with other plaintiffs, including the nonprofit American Conservative Union.

The company is now among the three Big Tech social media companies that the president sued after he was removed from their platforms, CNN reports. Meta and X, formerly Twitter, were also sued by Trump after removing the president from their platforms in 2021.