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Donald Trump asks US judge to force Twitter to restore his account
- The former president filed a preliminary injunction against Twitter in a Miami court
- Trump claimed the platform cancelled his account in January under pressure from his political rivals in Congress
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Former US president Donald Trump asked a federal judge to force Twitter to temporarily reinstate his account while he sues to permanently return to the social media network.
Trump’s request for a preliminary injunction against Twitter was filed late Friday in Miami, Florida. The Republican, who lost his bid for a second term in office, claims Twitter cancelled his account in January under pressure from his political rivals in Congress.
Twitter declined to comment on the filing.
Trump had more than 88 million followers on Twitter. The company kicked him off its platform on January 8, two days after a group of his supporters carried out a deadly attack on the Capitol to prevent President Joe Biden’s victory from being confirmed by Congress.
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Trump used Twitter and other social media platforms to falsely and repeatedly claim that the election had been rigged.
Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate,” the former president’s lawyers said in the filing.
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Aftermath of US Capitol assault by Trump supporters
Aftermath of US Capitol assault by Trump supporters
Trump also claims Twitter improperly censored him during his presidency by labelling his tweets as “misleading information” or indicating they violated the company’s rules against “glorifying violence.”
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