It has been reported that the former US President, Donald Trump is suing CNN for defamation in a long-running conflict.
According to Reuters and other foreign media on the 3rd, President Trump’s lawyers filed a complaint against CNN in the Fort Rutherdale Court in Florida on the same day.
They pointed out that CNN has discredited Trump by comparing him to Hitler, as well as calling him a ‘racist’, a ‘Russian servant’ and an ‘instigator of a riot.’
CNN’s remarks were intended to adversely affect former President Trump’s 2024 presidential run, the lawyers argued.
Former President Donald Trump also filed a claim with CNN for damages of $475 million.
Even before his inauguration, Trump has been at odds with traditional media, including CNN.
Above all, the criticism of the media has reached its peak over the words and actions of former President Trump, who incited far-right supporters through intrusion into Congress after disobeying the 2020 presidential election.
In this regard, Bloomberg reported that the metaphor of Hitler has been made extensively in the process of Trump’s incitement to disapproval of the election and in fact instigating a mob, and that Trump’s criticism of immigrants has been criticized for being racist.
Former President Trump has not hesitated to sue his political rivals.
He also sued former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a 2016 presidential contender, but a court recently dismissed the case.