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Elon Musk’s X to pay $10M to settle Trump lawsuit over Jan. 6 suspension: report

Elon Musk's social media platform X pays around $10 million to help President Trump solve the company and its former CEO, The The The The The Weedot I agreed to that. Wall Street Journal It was reported on Wednesday.

This will make X the second social media platform settled with Trump over the suspension of his account, following the attack on the US Capitol by his supporters in January 2021.


Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the company in 2021, then called on Twitter to file then CEO Jack Dorsey. Above, Elon Musk and playing cards in an oval office on Tuesday. Reuters

Last month, Metaplatform said it had agreed to pay around $25 million to resolve the Trump lawsuit. Trump filed a lawsuit against Twitter, now known as X, Facebook and the Alphabet, as chief executive officer in July 2021, alleging illegal silencing of a conservative perspective.

But they ultimately advanced the settlement, the WSJ reported.

Musk, who leads Tesla, leads the Department of Government Efficiency, the White House's new division tasked with radically reducing the federal bureaucracy.

Trump's lawyers are also expected to pursue a settlement with Google, which banned Trump from YouTube after the 2021 Capitol riot, WSJ said.


X and Twitter logos
Trump's team considered spouting the lawsuit. Those familiar with the issue told the WSJ citing his proximity to a billionaire president and the fact that Musk spent $250 million to elect him. AFP via Getty Images

X and its CEOs, Jack Dorsey, and the Alphabet and the White House, at Trump's halt, did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

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