Trump has filed a preliminary lawsuit against Twitter in the U.S. District Court for the South Florida District, arguing that the company was "forced" by members of the US Congress to suspend his account.
Twitter and several other social media platforms banned Trump from his services when a number of his supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6.
Η attack it took place after a speech by Trump in which he repeated false claims that his failure to be elected in November was due to widespread fraud, a claim rejected by several courts.
Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control into the political discourse in this country that is historically unprecedented and deeply dangerous to any democratic debate," Trump's lawyers said.
When Twitter shut down Trump's account, it said the tweets they were violating the platform's policy that forbade the "glorification of violence". The company said at the time that Trump's tweets were "highly likely" to encourage people to repeat what happened on Capitol Hill.
Before being ousted, Trump had more than 88 million followers on Twitter.
Trump's request claims that Twitter allows the Taliban to tweet about their military victories across Afghanistan, but censors him during his presidency, calling his tweets "misleading" or suggesting they are violating them. company regulations against "praise of violence".
In July, Trump sued Twitter, Facebook Inc and the Google of A Inc, as well as their executives, alleging that they are illegally silencing conservative opinions.