By Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is the Republican presidential nominee, said on Friday he will file a lawsuit against Google if he wins the Nov. 5 election, claiming the company only shows “bad stories” about him .
In his post on Truth Social, Trump provided no evidence for his claim about Google.
“It has been determined that Google illegally used a system to reveal and display only bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for this purpose while only revealing good stories about” Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Trump said.
“This is an illegal activity, and hopefully the Justice Department will prosecute them for this blatant election interference,” Trump said. “If not, and subject to the laws of our country, I will seek their prosecution, at the highest level, when I win the election and become president of the United States.”
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump made a similar claim about Google in 2019, according to the Washington Post. He alleged in a series of posts on Twitter, now known as X, that Google favored negative news about him in the 2016 presidential election, according to the Post. Google denied the claims at the time.
But in recent weeks, some supporters of the former president have renewed the accusations. In July, days after an assassination attempt on Trump, billionaire Elon Musk, in a post on X, accused Google of having a search ban on the former president.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh; Editing by Eric Beech)