Suit alleges subscription offer aims to sell privileged access to information generated in president’s official capacity
Donald Trump has been sued after a subscription service charging up to $100,000 a month for early access to his posts on his Truth Social platform sparked allegations of corruption.
The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the southern district of New York, was brought by the Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation against Trump, two of his aides and the executive office of the president.
It targets “Truth API”, a paid data feed launched on 1 August by the Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social. The complaint calls the arrangement “extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional”.
The court has previously ruled that the president isn’t allowed to block Americans on social media. Hard to see how selling early access to his posts is in the interest of free speech or the American people.