LAWSUIT: “Former president Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday [October 3, 2022], alleging defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages, a move that escalates his conflict with U.S. news organizations that have critically reported on his career.
The 29-page lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleges that CNN took part in a ‘campaign of dissuasion in the form of libel and slander’ that ‘escalated in recent months’ because the network feared Trump would again run for president. The lawsuit took issue with CNN’s use of the words ‘racist’ and ‘insurrectionist,’ as well as associations made between the former president and Adolf Hitler.”
-Kelly Kasulis Cho, “Trump sues CNN for defamation, seeks $475 million in damages,” washingtonpost.com, October 4, 2022