Donald Trump on Friday claimed that Google is misrepresenting negative news stories about him rather than his 2024 opponent Kamala Harris, and if he is elected president, he will He threatened to instruct the ministry to file criminal charges.
The accusation, the latest threat in President Trump’s campaign to use presidential power against real or perceived enemies, came as an out-of-the-blue post on Truth Social.
“It turns out that Google illegally used a system to publish and display only bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some of which were fabricated for this purpose, while also telling stories about Comrade Kamala Harris. “We only published good stories,” Trump said. post.
“This is an illegal act and I hope the Department of Justice criminally prosecutes them for this blatant election interference. If not, in accordance with the laws of our country, when I win the election and become President of the United States. We will call for their prosecution.”
Trump did not mention the possibility that there has been more negative talk about his campaign than about Harris’ campaign in recent weeks, and what prompted him to lash out against Google. It was not immediately clear what happened.
Google said it does not manipulate search results to benefit any particular party. “Both campaign websites consistently rank high in searches for relevant and common search queries,” the company said in a statement.
Still, conservatives have long complained that Google’s search results unfairly favor Democrats. The right-wing Media Research Center, which describes itself as a conservative media watchdog, has previously published reports alleging that Google has helped Democrats.
The Trump campaign has also used the “sponsored” feature in Google search results to promote positive news coverage from news outlets such as the Guardian, although the campaign rewrites headlines in favor of Harris. He also expresses strong dissatisfaction with the situation.
Trump’s post about Google search results was the latest example of him vowing to prosecute his alleged opponents.
In another Truth Social post this month, Trump threatened to bring criminal charges against his lawyers, donors, political operatives and others he believed were involved in election fraud if he won November’s presidential election.
During a press conference on Thursday, President Trump spoke about former House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s failure to stop the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, when his supporters rioted in an attempt to prevent a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election. The chairman said criminal charges should be filed.
And at a campaign rally in Michigan on Friday, President Trump criticized Pelosi and her husband over reports that she sold Visa stock before the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against the credit card company. He called on attorneys general in “Republican territory” to investigate. .
