Google to Pay $24.5 Million to End Trump Jan. 6 Ban Lawsuit

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By Peter Blumberg and Zoe Tillman

September 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM UTC

Updated on

September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM UTC

Alphabet Inc.’s Google agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve Donald Trump’s claims that being blocked from posting on his YouTube channel after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol was illegal censorship, according to a court filing.

The settlement disclosed Monday ends Trump’s long-running legal challenge to the suspension. The filing says $22 million will go toward construction of a new ballroom in the White House, a project near and dear to Trump. The remainder will go to a handful of other plaintiffs who joined Trump in the legal action.