AP Sues Trump Officials Over White House Ban, Citing ‘Targeted Attack’ on Free Press

The Associated Press filed a federal lawsuit against three Trump Administration staffers on Friday over the White House press team barring the outlet from the Oval Office for its refusal to use the term “Gulf of America.”

Friday’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., named Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as defendants.

“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit. “The Constitution does not allow the government to control speech. Allowing such government control and retaliation to stand is a threat to every American’s freedom.”

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