President Donald Trump on Wednesday was sued by two media groups over the Truth Social parent’s plan to sell faster access to his social media posts, calling the proposal “extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional.”
Two media firms called the president’s plan to sell faster access to his social media posts “extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional.”
The Intercept Media and nonprofit Freedom of the Press Foundation, in a complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. Southern District of New York, asked the court to block the plan, alleging the president “stands to gain financially by giving ‘market-moving’ government information to those who are willing and able to pay his personal company.”
Trump Media & Technology Group announced in July it would offer subscribers who paid up to $100,000 each month early access to Trump’s Truth Social posts, calling the program “Truth API” and saying it was “designed for organizations most impacted by the cost of a delay in information.”
The Intercept, in a statement announcing the lawsuit, accused Trump of violating the First Amendment right of journalists and other members of the public by blocking equal access to official information.
