NEW YORK — The White Stripes filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump on Monday, alleging he used their hit single “Seven Nation Army” without permission in a video posted to social media.
The band is accusing Trump and his presidential campaign of copyright infringement for playing the song’s iconic opening riff during a video of Trump boarding a plane for campaign purposes in Michigan and Wisconsin last month.
Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, says the band also objects to Trump’s use of the song because members Jack White and Meg White “vehemently oppose the policies and actions adopted by Defendant Trump while he was President and the actions he has proposed for the second term he is seeking.”
Multiple prominent musicians have previously criticized Trump for using their songs at rallies. Last week, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled that Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Wait a minute, I’m coming” after a lawsuit from the estate of Isaac Hayes Jr.