Loading ...‘Profoundly corrupt’: Trump sued in federal court over selling early access to Truth Social posts
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment by selling special advance access to Truth Social posts before they go public.
“This scheme is profoundly corrupt. The President stands to gain financially by giving market-moving government information to those who are willing and able to pay his personal company,” the complaint filed in the Southern District of New York says.
“The First Amendment guarantees equal access to the President’s public announcements, and even content-neutral burdens on that access must be narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest,” it continued. “There is no legitimate interest, let alone a significant one, in permitting President Trump to profit from selling government information.”