Trumps share of a 10 million settlement elon musks x agreed to this week is expected to go to him directly

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Posted Feb 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM UTC

“Trump’s share of a $10 million settlement Elon Musk’s X agreed to this week is expected to go to him directly.”

That’s just one line in this Wall Street Journal article detailing money flowing to the presidential family via crypto or other means. Another section highlights Melania Trump’s documentary pitch to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez during their December visit preceding Amazon’s $40 million deal that reportedly nearly tripled the next-closest offer.

But if you wondered how that January 6th Twitter lawsuit got settled, we have an answer:

The settlement talks with X began after the election and were more informal, with both Trump and Musk personally involved in hammering out the $10 million number, people familiar with the matter said.

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