This is not the first time rump has publicly levied attacks against the free press. Prior to the election, Trump filed a lawsuit against CBS, claiming that a 60 Minutes interview with then Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris was edited in a way to give her an advantage.

And I believe that CNN and MSDNC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party. And in my opinion, they're really corrupt and they're illegal. What they do is illegal.

Write negative coverage about Dictator Trump, and you're breaking the law. At least that's what the highly sensitive MAGA man said when speaking to reporters today. "I believe that CNN and MSDNC [sic],