<p>Former US president Donald Trump sued <em>CNN</em> for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming that the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" against him.</p>.<p>Trump claims in his lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that the network had used its influence as a leading news organization to defeat him politically.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/donald-trump-likely-to-announce-2024-presidential-run-in-weeks-1150129.html" target="_blank">Donald Trump likely to announce 2024 presidential run in weeks</a></strong></p>.<p><em>CNN</em> declined to comment on the case.</p>.<p>Trump claims in the lawsuit that <em>CNN</em> has used such defamatory labels against him as "racist," "Russian lackey," "insurrectionist" and "Hitler."</p>.<p>The lawsuit comes as the former president faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department for retaining government records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after leaving office in January 2021.</p>
<p>Former US president Donald Trump sued <em>CNN</em> for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming that the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" against him.</p>.<p>Trump claims in his lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that the network had used its influence as a leading news organization to defeat him politically.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/donald-trump-likely-to-announce-2024-presidential-run-in-weeks-1150129.html" target="_blank">Donald Trump likely to announce 2024 presidential run in weeks</a></strong></p>.<p><em>CNN</em> declined to comment on the case.</p>.<p>Trump claims in the lawsuit that <em>CNN</em> has used such defamatory labels against him as "racist," "Russian lackey," "insurrectionist" and "Hitler."</p>.<p>The lawsuit comes as the former president faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department for retaining government records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after leaving office in January 2021.</p>