In the lawsuit filed Monday, Trump's lawyers ask for $475 million in punitive damages for what they claim was a 'campaign' of 'libel and slander.'
In Monday's court filing, Trump's lawyers say that"CNN's disparate treatment of public figures who support its narrative versus those who do not, such as the Plaintiff, is a clear indicator of CNN's malice—and evidence that the Defendant is not reporting the news, but rather propagating its political views."
Levinson noted that while she doesn't see a legal path forward in the defamation case, Trump's lawyers may already expect the same outcome. "If he's willing to file a suit against CNN, which has the resources to defend itself, he's also of course willing to file a suit against a fledgling outlet that might not," Levinson added.in an email on Monday that he agreed with Levinson, adding that proving actual malice"is a very difficult burden of proof, so Trump is unlikely to win."
"Trump has a history of threatening, and filing, defamation suits against media companies," Tobias added.The New York TimesT. Greg Doucette, a tech attorney based in North Carolina, echoed that the lawsuit lacked proof to a win defamation case, and referred to the court filing as a"fundraising document, not a serious lawsuit."
"To win a case for defamation, the false statements have to be of an objectively verifiable fact," Doucette told."'Big Lie' is not objectively verifiable, so [it] can never be the basis for a winnable defamation case."
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