Elon Musk Company X Sets off Trump’s lawsuit over exhaustion

Social media society X agreed to pay about $ 10 million to settle a a lawsuit by the president Donald Trumpwho put on the X -l billionaire owner Elon musk in charge of great efforts in reducing costs and staff, Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Trump had sued X, then known as Twitterand his then Cej Jack Dorsey in the Federal Court of San Francisco for removing his account after 6. January 2021, riots in US Capitol from his supporters. Twitter cited the risk of Trump encouraging further violence associated with his efforts to stay in the white house after losing his former presidentT joe biden in the 2020 elections.

Trump claimed that Twitter broke his first amendment to freedom of speech.

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

“That was solved,” Kelly told CNBC. He said he could not confirm the details of the settlement.

CNBC requested a lawyer’s comment for X.

At the time of the settlement, Trump was waiting for more than a year for the outcome of the appeal against the rejection of his lawsuit by the judge of the Federal District Court 2022. On Monday, the US appellant’s 9th round approved the proposal from all sides in case he rejected the appeal.

TargetFacebook and Instagram owner, January 29 said he would Pay $ 25 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over the decision of that company to suspend Trump’s accounts on social media after the riot of the capital.

Settlement with X comes as Tesla Executive director Musk oversees the broad effort of Trump’s administration to reduce the level of consumption and staff of the Federal Government as the Dogea chief, or the Ministry of Government Efficiency.

Musk, who spent more than $ 250 million to help Trump win in the white house in a second term, bought Twitter in October 2022. For $ 44 billion.

Musk returned Trump’s X account in November 2022.