Trump sued over White House media ban; 6 citizens claim public’s right to know is at stake
The lawsuit argues that restricting access for news organisations over their coverage deprives the public of independent reporting about the president and his administration.
US President Donald Trump and three of his senior aides are facing a lawsuit from six Americans who argue that restrictions on White House press access violate the public's right to independent reporting and journalists' rights. The case, filed in a federal district court in New York, was brought on behalf of a former Human Rights Watch chief, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a high school civics teacher, and a student journalist at the University of Pennsylvania.
The plaintiffs argue that the administration's access restrictions extend beyond media outlets to citizens who rely on independent reporting to understand government actions. The lawsuit, filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, names Trump, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, and Secret Service Director Sean M. Curran as defendants.
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