{"id":1670508,"date":"2022-10-03T16:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T20:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670508"},"modified":"2022-10-03T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:28:52","slug":"trump-sues-cnn-for-defamation-seeks-475-million-in-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sues-cnn-for-defamation-seeks-475-million-in-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sues CNN for Defamation, Seeks $475 Million in Damages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-sues-cnn-for-defamation-seeks-475-million-in-damages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-list-slot\">\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Former president Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against CNN on Monday.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">The lawsuit accuses the network of defamation for labeling Trump&#8217;s claims of voter fraud as baseless.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">The lawsuit seeks at least $475 million in damages and a jury trial, court documents show.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Former President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN, accusing the network of defaming him &#8220;with a series of ever-more scandalous, false, and defamatory labels of &#8216;racist,&#8217; &#8216;Russian lackey,&#8217; &#8216;insurrectionist,&#8217; and ultimately &#8216;Hitler,'&#8221; according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">The former president threatened a suit against the network\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/3576663-trump-threatens-cnn-with-lawsuit-over-defamatory-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">earlier this year for &#8220;defamatory&#8221; reporting.<\/a>\u00a0In July, Trump sent the network\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-legal-team-lengthy-document-threatening-sue-cnn-2022-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">a 282-page<\/a>\u00a0letter threatening a defamation lawsuit and demanding an apology from the network. The letter also asked the network to retract &#8220;numerous articles and televised transmissions&#8221; within 10 days.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Trump&#8217;s lawyers filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is seeking at least $475 million in punitive damages, according to the suit. The lawsuit also seeks a trial by jury, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">&#8220;Beyond simply highlighting any negative information about the plaintiff and ignoring all positive information about him, CNN has sought to use its massive influence \u2014 purportedly as a &#8216;trusted&#8217; news source \u2014 to defame the plaintiff in the minds of its viewers and readers for the purpose of defeating him politically,&#8221; Trump&#8217;s lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-clear-div\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-slideshow-slot\" data-doc-id=\"AA12yyPQ\">\n<div>\n<section class=\"gallery_container-DS-unknown2-1 gallery_container-DS-unknown2-2\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Donald Trump is worth billions \u2014 here's how the former president has spent his cash\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;gallery&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:6}\">\n<div class=\"slideMetadata_container-DS-unknown2-4 slideMetadata_container-DS-unknown2-17 top-margin\">\n<div class=\"slideMetadata_detailsContainer-DS-unknown2-4 slideMetadata_detailsContainer-DS-unknown2-17\">\n<h2 class=\"typography-DS-unknown2-5 typography-DS-unknown2-19 typography__5-DS-unknown2-1 typography__5-DS-unknown2-7\">Donald Trump is worth billions \u2014 here&#8217;s how the former president has spent his cash<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slideMetadata_content-DS-unknown2-4 slideMetadata_content-DS-unknown2-17\">\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Donald Trump was the first billionaire to enter the White House when he became the 45th President.<\/li>\n<li>Forbes estimates he is worth $3 billion, with a property empire including Mar-a-Lago in Florida.<\/li>\n<li>Other assets he controls include hotels, office buildings, and golf courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Donald Trump went from real-estate magnate to reality-TV star to being elected the 45th president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Worth $3 billion,\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danalexander\/2021\/11\/08\/the-definitive-networth-of-donaldtrump\/?sh=2c7ec73a72dc\">according to a Forbes tally of all the assets Trump owns<\/a>, he is the first billionaire to enter the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s fortune mainly stems from his property-and-hospitality businesses.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ny-ag-letitia-james-civil-lawsuit-trump-family-business-2022-4\">New York&#8217;s attorney general filed a sweeping civil suit<\/a>\u00a0against Trump, his business, and his three eldest children. Letitia James said Trump &#8220;falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars&#8221; and &#8220;repeatedly and persistently manipulated the value of assets to induce banks to lend money to the Trump Organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Trump&#8217;s portfolio of golf courses, luxury cars, hotels, yachts, a vineyard, and aircraft looks like.<\/p>\n<p><em>Katie Canales\u00a0and\u00a0Katie Warren\u00a0contributed reporting to a previous version of this article.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-original\">Read the original article on\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-donald-trump-spends-his-money-2022-9\">Business Insider<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"MSNewsLayout-DS-unknown2-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">CNN declined to comment when reached by Insider. A lawyer for Donald Trump did not immediately return Insider&#8217;s request for comment on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">The lawsuit alleges that CNN defamed Trump by repeatedly calling his claims of voter fraud baseless. The suit accuses the network of undertaking a smear campaign against Trump and hurled &#8220;a barrage of negative associations and innuendos&#8221; at him &#8220;broadcasting commentary that he is like a cult leader, a Russian lackey, a dog whistler to white supremacists, and a racist,&#8221; according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">The complaint says that CNN&#8217;s reporting has &#8220;consistently fed a narrative to denounce&#8221; Trump&#8217;s &#8220;legitimacy and competency,&#8221; court documents show.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">&#8220;By comparing the Plaintiff to violent dictators and repeatedly using inflammatory language, such as &#8220;Trump&#8217;s big lie,&#8221; CNN knowingly made false and defamatory statements about the Plaintiff, or at the very least, made those statements with reckless disregard for their truth or falsity, thereby acting with actual malice,&#8221; the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters)\u2014Former U.S. president Donald Trump sued CNN in federal court in Florida for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages, a court filing showed.<br \/>\nThe post Trump Sues CNN for Defamation, Seeks $475 Million in Damages appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1662682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1670508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1670508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1662682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1670508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1670508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}