YouTube to pay $24.5M to settle Trump’s lawsuit over 2021 account suspension | 29 Sept 2025 | YouTube on Monday agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump, and the bulk of the money will go toward the construction of the new White House ballroom. Trump sued the Alphabet-owned video sharing platform in July 2021, alleging that YouTube unlawfully silenced conservative viewpoints after the company suspended his account in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol. The Trust for the National Mall, the nonprofit group raising private donations to build the $200 million ballroom on the White House grounds, will be paid $22 million by the tech company as part of the settlement.