ABC News Settlement with President-elect Donald Trump and Marc Elias Criticism

ABC News settled a defamation lawsuit with President-elect Donald Trump by apologizing and agreeing to pay him $15 million. Democratic attorney Marc Elias criticized ABC for settling and accused them of bending the knee to Trump. Elias also announced his intention to leave Twitter and join Bluesky.

Democratic Lawyer Backs Secretive Media Network in Arizona

Democrat lawyer Marc Elias is backing a secretive local media network in Arizona to boost Democratic candidates on social media, similar to past operations like Courier Newsroom. Arizona regulators are questioning whether the network should be subject to the same spending and disclosure rules as political organizations.