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Key points
- Five news consumers sued the Trump administration in federal court Monday over White House press access restrictions.
- The plaintiffs say Trump bans outlets whose coverage he dislikes and pressures others to soften reporting.
- The suit claims the practice violates news consumers' rights to receive unrestricted coverage.
A new lawsuit filed in federal court Monday against the Trump administration seeks to end the president's practice of banning or restricting White House access to news outlets whose coverage he finds unfavorable, according to The Guardian.
The plaintiffs are news consumers rather than the outlets themselves. They claim Trump's actions deprive them of the right to receive news coverage that is not limited by his expulsions or distorted by his threats.
Who is behind the suit
The complaint describes the five plaintiffs as a human rights advocate, a media watchdog, a historian, a civics teacher, a legal journalist and a student journalist.
They argue the harm reaches beyond the outlets directly banned. Other news organizations are pressured to soften their reporting to avoid a similar ban, the plaintiffs say.
receive news coverage that is not limited by the president’s unlawful expulsions or distorted by the president’s unconstitutional threats
— the plaintiffs
What the filing alleges
The suit alleges that the president's practice of banning or restricting White House access to outlets he finds unfavorable is unlawful.
The plaintiffs say news consumers are deprived of coverage that is not distorted by what they call the president's unconstitutional threats.
