Many journalists and producers at ABC News are frustrated by the company’s decision to resolve a lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

ABC News on Saturday agreed to pay $15 million toward Trump’s future presidential library and foundation to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ on-air assertion that Trump had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.

Disney, which owns ABC News, was looking to avoid a protracted legal fight, according to the Journal. But several ABC News staffers are concerned that Disney picked its corporate interests and the White House over its journalists.

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