Trump accuses CNN of 'libel and slander' in lawsuit, asks for $475M US
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 2:18 am
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Former U.S. president Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million US in punitive damages and claiming that the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" against him.
Trump claims in his lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that the network had used its influence as a leading news organization to defeat him politically.
CNN declined to comment on the case.
Trump, a Republican, claims in the 29-page lawsuit that CNN had a long track record of criticizing him but had ramped up its attacks in recent months because the network feared that he would run again for president in 2024.
"As a part of its concerted effort to tilt the political balance to the left, CNN has tried to taint the plaintiff with a series of ever-more scandalous, false and defamatory labels of 'racist,' 'Russian lackey,' 'insurrectionist,' and ultimately 'Hitler,'" the lawsuit claims.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million US in punitive damages and claiming that the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" against him.
Trump claims in his lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that the network had used its influence as a leading news organization to defeat him politically.
CNN declined to comment on the case.
Trump, a Republican, claims in the 29-page lawsuit that CNN had a long track record of criticizing him but had ramped up its attacks in recent months because the network feared that he would run again for president in 2024.
"As a part of its concerted effort to tilt the political balance to the left, CNN has tried to taint the plaintiff with a series of ever-more scandalous, false and defamatory labels of 'racist,' 'Russian lackey,' 'insurrectionist,' and ultimately 'Hitler,'" the lawsuit claims.