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civilly
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Simpson was found civilly liable and went to prison for an unrelated robbery more than a decade later.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025 -
In December, the network agreed to contribute $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library as part of a settlement in a defamation lawsuit stemming from George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate claim that Trump had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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“Tactfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactfully. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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