Trump Threatens to Sue CNN Over "False and Defamatory" Reporting
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We ran the numbers: There are 1,559 news articles covering this topic. 44% (680) are left-leaning, 40% (616) are centrist, and 17% (263) are right-leaning.
Developments continue to be made surrounding former President Donald Trump’s fraudulent 2020 election claims. While left-leaning articles highlight more aggressive moves by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Trump’s role in the 2020 elections, right-leaning articles highlight Trump’s defense of his post-election actions.
A left-leaning article from CNN focuses on how the DOJ has brought in two of Mike Pence’s former aides, signaling that the White House is investigating conduct directly related to Trump and his allies’ attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Attorney General Merrick Garland stated he “will hold accountable anyone who is criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the legitimate, lawful transfer of power from one administration to the next.”
The Hill published a centrist article reporting on how Trump has threatened to sue CNN over “defamatory reporting” since 2016 and has called for them to retract or correct statements that Trump believes are false. A letter from Trump’s lawyers to CNN states that “without regard for President Trump’s genuine belief in his statements, CNN has published numerous articles characterizing him as a ‘liar’ and the purveyor of the ‘Big Lie.'”
A right-leaning article from the New York Post focuses on how Trump believes that he did nothing wrong in 2020. In a message on his Truth social media platform sent hours after the DOJ announced they were investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Trump wrote: “Just more disinformation by the Democrats… Now that we have found the answers to these crooked, election changing events, why is the Justice Department not prosecuting those responsible? Plenty of time left!”