Media outlet and nonprofit sue Trump over paid advance access to Truth Social posts
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A lawsuit filed in Manhattan seeks to block a service that sells early notifications of President Trump's Truth Social posts, alleging constitutional violations and profit from government information.
A federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan by The Intercept Media and the Freedom of the Press Association to halt a new Truth Social service that offers subscribers advance notice of the president's posts. The complaint contends that the "Truth API" provides preferential, paid access to posts that can influence financial markets and that charging up to $100,000 per month for such access violates the First and Fifth Amendments.
The suit describes the arrangement as a scheme that allows the president to profit from disseminating government information. It also names the president's executive assistant, Natalie Harp, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, the Executive Office of the President, and the White House Office as defendants.
Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, announced in July that the service would give early, machine-readable feeds of posts from the platform’s most popular accounts, including the White House and several cabinet members. CEO Kevin McGurn said the API delivers publicly available posts milliseconds faster and that the company has signed more than ten agreements, typically ranging from $60,000 to $100,000 per month. He added that discussions are ongoing with large technology providers and news organizations about expanding the service to broader third-party distribution.
According to the complaint, President Trump has posted between 9,000 and 11,000 times since taking office in January 2025, often without a simultaneous White House announcement, making his posts a primary source of official information.