Washington: Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday, accusing the cable tv information community of defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages.
Trump, withinside the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Florida, accused CNN of waging a marketing campaign of “libel and slander” in opposition to him due to the fact it “fears” he’s going to run for president once more in 2024.
“CNN has sought to apply its huge influence — purportedly as a ‘trusted’ information source — to defame the plaintiff withinside the minds of its visitors and readers for the reason of defeating him politically,” Trump’s legal professionals stated withinside the 29-web page grievance.
“As part of its concerted attempt to tilt the political stability to the Left, CNN has attempted to taint the plaintiff with a sequence of ever-extra scandalous, false, and defamatory labels of ‘racist,’ ‘Russian lackey,’ ‘insurrectionist,’ and ultimately ‘Hitler,'” the grievance stated.
Trump, who asked a jury trial, had a caustic dating with CNN and different important information stores like The New York Times for the duration of his presidency, branding them “faux information” and again and again raging in opposition to them on social media.