YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24 million to settle lawsuit over Jan. 6 suspension

The YouTube logo is seen outside the company’s corporate headquarters in San Bruno, California, in April 2025. The company settled a lawsuit brought against it by President Trump before his re-election. Josh Edelson/AFP for Getty Images

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YouTube will pay $24.5 million to President Trump to resolve a 2021 lawsuit that claimed he was the victim of censorship when the site suspended his account following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump’s supporters, according to federal court papers filed on Monday.

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