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YouTube Pays Trump $24.5M In Court Settlement Over The President's Channel Suspension Following Jan 6, 2021 Capitol Protests
October 01, 2025
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YouTube has agreed to pay Donald Trump $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the suspension of his channel following the January 6, 2021, Capitol protests, marking the final major settlement in a series of legal actions Trump initiated against social media platforms.

The settlement, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on September 29, 2025, resolves a case that had been largely inactive since 2023, with Trump's legal team reviving it after his return to the presidency.

YouTube suspended Trump’s channel on January 12, 2021, citing concerns that his posts could incite violence in the wake of the Capitol protests, and prevented him from uploading new content until March 2023.

The platform reinstated Trump’s account in March 2023, stating it had carefully evaluated the risk of real-world violence and the importance of allowing major national candidates to communicate with voters during an election cycle.

Under the settlement terms, $22 million will be directed to the Trust for the National Mall to support the construction of a $200 million White House ballroom, which Trump is building, while $2.5 million will be distributed among other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union and author Naomi Wolf.

This settlement follows similar agreements with Meta (parent company of Facebook and Instagram), which paid $25 million, and X (formerly Twitter), which paid $10 million, both of which were also tied to Trump’s claims of political censorship.

Trump’s lawyer, John P. Coale, said that Trump’s re-election was instrumental in securing these settlements, suggesting that the companies were motivated to resolve the cases due to the political shift.

The settlement states that the payment "shall not be regarded as an acknowledgment of liability or wrongdoing" by YouTube or its parent company, Alphabet.

The case was closed in 2023 but was reopened by Trump’s lawyers after his victory in the 2024 election, with the final settlement filed just days before a scheduled October 6, US Congress hearing.

Google recently admitted that the Biden administration exerted "unacceptable and wrong" pressure on the company to censor YouTube content related to the COVID-19 pandemic and elections, leading to the permanent bans of conservative creators. The platform said it would reinstate some of  the banned accounts.

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US Vice President JD Vance addressed concerns about Israel's influence on American foreign policy during a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, stating that President Donald Trump is not controlled by Israel and that US policy is driven by American interests.

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“I’m a Christian man, and I’m just confused why there’s this notion that we might owe Israel something or that they are our greatest ally or that we have to support this multi-hundred-billion dollar foreign aid package to Israel to cover this — to quote Charlie Kirk — ethnic cleansing in Gaza,” a student asked Vance during the Q&A at the TPUSA event. “I’m just confused why this idea has come around, considering that not only does their religion not agree with ours, but openly supports the prosecution of ours.”

The question drew cheers from the crowd before Vance responded.

Vance emphasized that the US could only secure the recent Gaza ceasefire by applying leverage to Israel, framing the administration's actions as evidence of its independence from Israeli influence. He also acknowledged theological differences between Christians and Jews but stressed shared interests, such as preserving access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

“The president of the United States could only get that peace deal done by actually being willing to apply leverage to the state of Israel,” Vance said. “So when people say that Israel is somehow manipulating or controlling the president of the United States, they are not controlling this president of the United States, which is one of the reasons why we have been able to have some of the success we have had in the Middle East.”

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Prominent American conservative and right-wing figures like Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, commentators like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Dave Smith, Megyn Kelly, Nick Fuentes and deceased TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, who have harshly criticized Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli influence on politicians and administration officials in the U.S. They argue that Israel has become a liability as an ally, pushing the U.S. to fight its "Greater Israel" wars in the Middle East in recent decades entirely at the cost of American blood and trillions in tax dollars.

Many conservatives have also raised concerns about the personal and social cost associated with criticizing Israel. Critics of Netanyahu and Israeli influence on American foreign policy often face accusation of promoting antisemitism, and are de-platformed by big tech and financial institutions which are mostly controlled by Jewish executives.

Vance's comments align with this growing faction within the MAGA movement that views Israel critically, often framing US support as a form of undue influence. Young conservatives have used platforms like TPUSA to question Israel's legitimacy and raise concerns about Jewish control of important American institutions like the banks and media. The vice president’s defense of the US-Israel relationship, while emphasizing American interests, has been interpreted by some as a tacit endorsement of this critical stance on Israel.

 

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The Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts has also echoed this sentiment, suggesting Christians have the right to criticize Israel, further legitimizing such discourse within conservative circles.

Following Carlson's recent interview with Fuentes which has only intensified the debate over Israeli influence, there have been calls by Jewish neoconservatives for Carlson to be de-platformed and 'canceled.' Rumors circulated online Wednesday, that the Heritage Foundation was about to dissociate itself from Carlson who remains a key figure in the MAGA movement.

Roberts released a video message Thursday on X, expressing full support for Carlson. "My loyalty as a Christian and as an American is to Christ first and to America always," he said in the viral video.

"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people or policing the consciences of Christians, and we won't start doing that now, Roberts said. ".....We will always defend truth. We will always defend America, and we will always defend our friends against the slander of bad actors who serve someone else's agenda."

"That includes Tucker Carlson, who remains, and as I have said before, always will be a close friend of the Heritage Foundation," Roberts declared.

"I disagree with and even abhor things that Nick Fuentes says, but canceling him is not the answer either," he said. "...When we disagree with a person's thoughts and opinions, we challenge those ideas in debate, and we have seen success in this approach as we continue to dismantle the vile ideas of the left."

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Nick Fuentes Slams Jewish Tribalism, Israel, In Tucker Carlson Interview

American Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson hosted right-wing activist Nick Fuentes on his popular podcast published Tuesday, in a viral interview where the two discussed their shared criticism of "Christian Zionists" and the perceived allegiance of "Jewish neoconservatives" to Israel, a stance that aligns with Fuentes's long-standing 'America first' views.

The conversation, which drew swift reactions online, centered on neoconservatism and Jewish identity, with Fuentes arguing that the Jewish diaspora's loyalty to Israel undermines American national interest. Carlson, while distancing himself from Fuentes's more extreme rhetoric, expressed strong opposition to Christian Zionism, calling it a "heresy" and sayng he disliked it more than any other group, a position that has triggered many pro-Israel neoconservatives.

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