Donald Trump speaks at a campaign-style rally in Washington, Mich., April 2, 2022. Trump sued CNN on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, claiming that the network defamed him and demanding $475 million in damages. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times) Former President Donald Trump on Monday sued CNN, seeking $475 million in damages, saying the network had defamed him in an effort to short-circuit any future political campaign. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, focuses primarily on the term “The Big Lie” about Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud that he says cost him the 2020 presidential...