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George Zimmerman suing Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren for $265 million

George Zimmerman SANFORD, FL - JULY 13: George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom a free man after being found not guilty, on the 25th day of his trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center July 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (Photo by Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images) (Pool)

George Zimmerman is back in the news again, this time for suing Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren for $265 million.

The Washington Times reports that Zimmerman is accusing the democratic candidates of "maliciously defam[ing]" him by using the killing of Trayvon Martin "as a pretext to demagogue and falsely brand Zimmerman as a white supremacist and racist to their millions of Twitter followers."

Zimmerman's lawyer, Larry Klayman said in a statement that the two were "race-baiting" in their tweets "in an attempt to draw African American votes during this Democrat presidential primary season."

He added that both candidates "acted with actual malice, as it is widely known that Zimmerman was acquitted of murder based on self-defense.”