China News Service, October 4. According to comprehensive foreign media news, on October 3, local time, former US President Trump filed a lawsuit against CNN and asked for punitive damages of $475 million.
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According to reports, Trump sued CNN in a federal district court in Florida, accusing the latter of using public opinion to slander himself.
CNN has long criticized him and has ramped up its attacks in recent months because "CNN is concerned that the plaintiff (Trump) will run for president again in 2024," Trump said in the lawsuit.
The 29-page lawsuit cites numerous instances of CNN hosts and guests criticizing Trump's policies and Trump's questioning of the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. example for comparison.
"CNN sought to smear plaintiffs with a series of increasingly shameful, false and defamatory labels, including 'racist,' 'rebel,' and even 'Hitler,'" the lawsuit said.
Trump's lawyers allege in the lawsuit that CNN's reporting caused Trump "embarrassment, pain, humiliation and emotional distress" to justify the $475 million demand.
CNN declined to comment on the case.
According to a footnote in the lawsuit, Trump contacted CNN in July about a possible lawsuit against the latter and asked CNN to stop calling Trump's remarks about the 2020 election results "lies". .
CNN rejected Trump's request at the time.
In 2019, Trump told CNN that he would sue for "immoral and illegal attacks."
CNN called the threat a "desperate PR stunt" at the time.
This isn't the first time Trump has sued the media.
In 2020, Trump's re-election campaign filed a lawsuit against The New York Times and The Washington Post for articles that linked Trump to Russian interference in U.S. elections, The New York Times reported.