Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages for calling him a “racist,” a “Russian lackey,” an “insurrectionist,” and “Hitler.”
According to Trump, the network engaged in a “campaign of libel and slander” against him.
Trump claims in his lawsuit, which was filed in US District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that the network used its clout as a major news source to work against him politically.
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.
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“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, the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit lists several instances in which CNN appeared to compare Trump to Hitler, including a January 2022 special report by host Fareed Zakaria that included footage of the German dictator.
Trump, who in 2020 lost a re-election bid to Democrat Joe Biden, has not said whether he would seek re-election.
The lawsuit comes as the 76-year-old former president faces considerable legal woes, including a criminal investigation by the Justice Department for retaining government records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after leaving office in January 2021.
