Former US President Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday for defamation and demanded $475 million in damages.
In the lawsuit filed in a US court in Florida, Trump accuses CNN of conducting a “slander and smear campaign” against him because he “feared” that the Republican will run for president again in 2024.
“CNN tried to use its massive influence — reportedly as a ‘trusted’ news source — to smear the accuser in the minds of its viewers and readers with the aim of defeating him politically,” Trump’s lawyers argued in the 29-page statement. counting document. in court.
“As part of their concerted effort to tip the political balance to the left, CNN sought to smear the plaintiff with a series of increasingly outrageous, false and defamatory labels such as ‘racist’, ‘Russian footman’, ‘insurgent’ and finally ‘Hitler’. ‘” the indictment reads.
Trump, who requested a jury trial, had a caustic relationship with CNN and other major media outlets, such as The New York Times, during his presidency, calling them “fake news” and repeatedly expressing his anger at them on social media.
Source: DN
