George Zimmerman, the Florida man who killed teenager Trayvon Martin, is suing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and former South Bend, Indiana. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, accusing them of defamation, Newsweek reports.

Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in 2012, has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the two Democratic presidential candidates of acting with malice or “at a minimum a reckless disregard for the truth” when they tweeted about Martin’s death on the date of what would have been his 25th birthday.

There has been widespread reporting of the civil lawsuit for $100 million being brought by attorney Larry Klayman on behalf of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin almost eight years ago. At the core of the lawsuit is the claim that the key witness against Zimmerman at his trial, Rachel Jeantel, was a fake witness pretending to be Diamond Eugene, the 16-year-old girl who was on the phone with Trayvon in the last minutes before his death.

(CNN)George Zimmerman was acquitted in the fatal 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, but according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Florida, he believes there was a conspiracy to frame him and wants more than $100 million in damages.

Attorney Larry Klayman announced the lawsuit in tandem with a Coral Gables screening of a documentary titled "The Trayvon Hoax," which has since been canceled. Zimmerman was scheduled to appear alongside Klayman at a Thursday news conference, but hours later, Klayman said the news conference was canceled, too.

Some of us, who are old enough to remember the old television police series "Dragnet," may remember Sgt. Joe Friday saying, "Just the facts, ma'am." But that would be completely out of place today. Facts are becoming obsolete, as recent events have demonstrated.

CNNs Piers Morgan on Monday grilled the legal chair of the Buckeye Firearms Foundation over the groups decision to raise over 12,000 to help George Zimmerman and his family get a gun, ammunition, training and personal protection.

On Monday conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh theorized that the insane left would claim the story about George Zimmerman rescuing a family after a car accident is a hoax.

I had a tough time sleeping last night. The Trayvon Martin case is worrying me. I’ll tell you a few reasons: First of all, the media have made this case into the lynching of Zimmerman supposedly because he murdered an innocent sweet little black child. But according to what I read, Zimmerman — while a fool — was attacked by Mr. Martin, who was far from unarmed.

Black lawmakers and other groups are trying to harness outrage over the George Zimmerman verdict into a national indictment against the state of Florida, seeking to organize an Arizona-style boycott against everything from tourism to orange juice.
But there's one striking difference.

George Zimmerman's murder trial is over — but not the legal wrangling. Moments after the six-member jury found that Zimmerman had not committed a crime when he killed Trayvon Martin, Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson told the former neighborhood watch volunteer, "You have no further business with the court."

In a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room, President Obama spoke at length Friday about the impact of the George Zimmerman trial and the death of black teenager Trayvon Martin, talking of his own personal experiences with racism, saying it would be “useful” to review “stand your ground” laws and to renew efforts aimed at boosting the self-esteem of black boys.