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A federal judge of Florida dismissed the defamation suit donald trump against CNNin which the former president of USA asked the chain for 475 million dollars in damages.
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Trump criticized the television news network for using the expression “the great lie” to refer to his accusations that Joe Biden I had “stolen” the 2020 presidential election.
He considered that, with her, CNN tried “discredit him” and established comparisons of him with Adolph Hitler and Nazism.
On Friday night, the judge Raag Singhal – a Trump appointee – dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that CNN’s comments were not defamatory because they constituted an opinion.
“The use by CNN from the phrase ‘The great lie’ regarding the electoral challenges of Trump does not lead to a plausible inference that Trump advocate the persecution and genocide of Jews or any other group of peopleSinghal wrote.
“The Court considers that the Nazi references in political discourse (carried out by either “side”) they are abhorrent and repugnant. But bad rhetoric is not slander when it does not include factually false statements.said.
TrumpRepublican favorite in the race for White House, filed a complaint against CNN in October.
According to his accusation, “the ‘Big lie‘ is a direct reference to a tactic used by Adolph Hitler and that appears in ‘Mein Kampf‘”.
Throughout his tenure, the former Republican president, now surrounded by scandals and accused in court, maintained a terrible relationship with large media such as CNN and The New York Timeswhich he dubbed the “fake news” media.
Source: Elcomercio
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