The Chinese American Civil Rights Coalition (CACRC) filed the lawsuit against the former US President on Thursday, alleging his wording contributed to a recent rise in racially motivated violence against America's Asian community.
The nonprofit organisation is suing Trump for roughly US$22.9 million (NZ$31.7 million), claiming he caused Asian Americans a "large extent" of "emotional distress".
"Defendant's [Trump's] extreme and outrageous conduct indeed has caused members of the Plaintiff organization [CACRC] and to a large extent Asian Americans emotional distress and resulted in an unmistakable rising uptrend of racial violence against Chinese Americans and Asian Americans from New York to California," court documents read.
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