Elon Musk Company X settles Trump's lawsuit over the skewing

Social media company X agreed to pay about $ 10 million for the decision lawsuit by the president Donald Trumpwho placed the owner of the X billionaire Elon Musk responsible for the main government effort cut out for costs and staff, The Wall Street Journal Reported on Wednesday.

Trump had defendant X, known then as Twitterand his then CEO Jack Dorsey at the Federal Court in San Francisco for winning his account after January 6, 2021, Riots in the US Capitol by his supporters. Twitter quoted the risk that Trump would incite further violence related to his effort to stay in the White House after losing to former PresidenT joe biden In the 2020 election.

Trump claimed that Twitter violated his right to the first amendment to freedom of speech.

John Kelly, one of Trump's lawyers in the lawsuit, confirmed on Wednesday that the president and X had a settlement.

“It's solved,” said Kelly CNBC. He said he couldn't confirm the details of the settlement.

CNBC asked the lawyer to comment on X.

At the time of the settlement, Trump waited more than a year for the result of an appeal against the exemption of his claim by the Federal Judge of the District Court in 2022. On Monday, the US Court of Appeal issued a request by all parties in the case to dismiss this appeal.

FinishOwner of Facebook and Instagram, on January 29 he said it would be like that Pay $ 25 million To resolve Trump's claim on the company's decision to suspend bills on Trump's social media after riots in the capitol.

ZX settlement is Tesla The CEO of MUSK supervises the extensive efforts of Trump's administration to reduce the level of expenditure and staff of the federal government as the head of the dog or the government department.

Musk, who spent over $ 250 million to help Trump win the election for the second term in the White House, bought Twitter in October 2022 for $ 44 billion.

Musk restored the X Trump account in November 2022.