FILE - In this July 11, 2021, record photograph erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) successful Dallas, Texas. Trump wants a national justice successful Florida to unit Twitter to reconstruct his account, which was suspended successful January pursuing the onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol. Trumps attorneys connected Friday, Oct. 1, filed a question for preliminary injunction against Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

FILE - In this July 11, 2021, record photograph erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) successful Dallas, Texas. Trump wants a national justice successful Florida to unit Twitter to reconstruct his account, which was suspended successful January pursuing the onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol. Trumps attorneys connected Friday, Oct. 1, filed a question for preliminary injunction against Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

NEW YORK – Former President Donald Trump has asked a national justice successful Florida to unit Twitter to reconstruct his account, which the institution suspended successful January pursuing the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Trump’s attorneys connected Friday filed a question successful U.S. District Court successful Miami seeking a preliminary injunction against Twitter and its CEO, Jack Dorsey. They reason that Twitter is censoring Trump successful usurpation of his First Amendment rights, according to the motion.

Twitter declined to remark Saturday connected Trump's filing.

The institution permanently banned Trump from its level days aft his followers violently stormed the Capitol gathering to effort to artifact Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s statesmanlike win. Twitter cited concerns that Trump would incite further violence. Prior to the ban, Trump had astir 89 cardinal followers connected Twitter.

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Trump was besides suspended from Facebook and Google's YouTube implicit akin concerns that helium would provoke violence. Facebook's prohibition volition past 2 years, until Jan. 7, 2023, aft which the institution volition reappraisal his suspension. YouTube's prohibition is indefinite.

In July, Trump filed lawsuits successful the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against each 3 tech companies and their CEOs, claiming that helium and different conservatives person been wrongfully censored. The question for a preliminary injunction was filed arsenic portion of Trump's lawsuit against Twitter.

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