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The #AssociatedPress sued 3 #Trump admin ofcls Fri over #access to presidential events, citing #FreedomOfSpeech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its #journalists.
The lawsuit was filed Fri afternoon in US Dist Court in Washington, DC.
#AP says its case is about an #unconstitutional effort by the #WhiteHouse to control #speech — in this case refusing to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”
#law #FreePress #autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-trump-administration-officials-0352075501b779b8b187667f3427e0e8
“The #press & all people in the #UnitedStates have the right to choose their own words & not be retaliated against by the government,” the #AP said in its lawsuit, which names #Trump #WhiteHouse Chief of Staff #SusanWiles, Dpty Chief of Staff #TaylorBudowich & Press Secy #KarolineLeavitt.
“This targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence & ability to gather & report the news strikes at the very core of the #FirstAmendment,” the AP said. “This court should remedy it immediately.”
In stopping the #AP from attending #press events at the #WhiteHouse & Mar-a-Lago, or flying on Air Force One in the agency’s customary spot, the Trump team directly cited the AP’s decision not to fully follow the president’s renaming.
“We’re going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it’s the Gulf of America,” #Trump said Tues.
@Nonilex
Suppresion of free speech should be prison time as much as they do it.
@Nonilex It was a really simple test and only AP passed.
@Nonilex even Newsmax and Fox News sided with the AP over Trump on this one
https://thehill.com/homenews/5155957-newsmax-fox-news-support-ap-first-amendment/