2020-03-07 Home Front: Politix
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Trump Campaign Files Multi-Million-Dollar Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Over Russia Collusion Claims
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h/t Instapundit
[PJ] - On Friday, the Trump campaign filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN over false claims regarding collusion with Russia. The suit demands "compensatory damages in the millions of dollars," along with punitive damages. This is the third such lawsuit against major media outlets regarding allegedly "false and defamatory" articles about Russia collusion. The campaign sued The New York Times last month and The Washington Post earlier this week.
"Today the President's re-election campaign has filed suit against CNN for false statements, claiming that the campaign ’assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has decided to leave that option on the table.’ The statements were and are 100 percent false and defamatory," Jenna Ellis, senior legal adviser to the Trump campaign, said in a statement. "The complaint alleges CNN was aware of the falsity at the time it published them, but did so for the intentional purpose of hurting the campaign, while misleading its own readers in the process."
The lawsuit points to tweets from Larry Noble, former general counsel of the FEC and a CNN contributor, demonstrating animus against Trump. It also cites the Project Veritas sting videos against CNN.
"In the Project Veritas footage, Nick Neville, a Media Coordinator at CNN, admits that CNN's chief executive, Jeff Zucker, has a personal vendetta against the President," the lawsuit notes. "John Bonifield, a Supervising Producer at CNN, states in the Project Veritas footage that CNN's coverage regarding Russia's alleged interference with the 2016 election was 'mostly bulls**t' and that the President 'is probably right to say...you are witch hunting me.'"
It is important to note that President Donald Trump did not bring this lawsuit and he is not a party in it, but his campaign is.
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