The Associated Press (AP) filed a lawsuit against three Trump administration officials after the news media outlet received limited access to cover the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other presidential events after it refused to use “Gulf of America” in its writing style.
In a lawsuit filed against White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich, and White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, the AP argued that the ban from the Trump administration “violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution” and that it violated “the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”
“The White House as ordered The Associated Press to use certain words in its coverage or else face an indefinite denial of access,” the complaint from the news outlet said. “The press and all people in the United States…
