Trump sues CNN for defamation and seeks $475m in punitive damages
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Cable news has tried to smear ex-president with a series of ever-more scandalous, false, and defamatory labels', says court filing
Donald Trump has sued cable TV network CNN, claiming defamation and seeking punitive damages of $475m, according to a Florida court filing on Monday.
The US cable news station has attempted to smear the former US president with a series of ever-more scandalous, false, and defamatory labels of racist,' Russian lackey,' insurrectionist,' and ultimately Hitler'," Trump's lawyers claimed. The lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Fort Lauderdale.
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