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The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan, alleges the paid early-access service violates the First and Fifth Amendments
President Donald Trump outside the White House. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
The Intercept Media and the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed a lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan seeking to block a Trump Media & Technology Group service that sells faster access to President Donald Trump's Truth Social posts for up to $100,000 per month.
The complaint names Trump in his official capacity, along with White House Executive Assistant Natalie Harp, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Daniel Scavino, the Executive Office of the President, and the White House Office as defendants. The plaintiffs argue that the arrangement — in which paying subscribers receive the president's official announcements before the general public — violates the First Amendment's guarantee of equal access to a president's public statements and the Fifth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable conditions for government benefits.
