Former US President Donald Trump is suing CNN for defamation, claiming the news network has recently stepped up its smear campaign against him because it fears he will run for re-election in 2024.
In the lawsuit, the former president’s lawyers said CNN attempted to smear Trump with a series of offensive, inaccurate labels, such as “racist,” “Russian,” “insubordinate” and “Hitler.” Finally.
The documents were filed Monday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Trump is seeking at least $475 million in damages, prosecutors said.
In addition to highlighting any negative information about Plaintiff and ignoring all positive information about her, CNN has attempted to use its enormous influence — allegedly as a “reliable” news source — to discredit Plaintiff in Use the minds of your viewers and readers. Defeat him politically.”
The lawsuit comes as the former president faces a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for keeping government records in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, after he leaves office in January 2021.
Source: Lebanon Debate