Trump sued over Truth Social advance access sale

President Donald Trump was sued on Wednesday by a media outlet and a non-profit group seeking to block a controversial new service that sells advance notifications of his posts on Truth Social.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, notes that Trump's posts on his own social media site often move financial markets with announcements about government policy, military actions and other decisions."President Donald Trump is charging $100,000 per month for advance access to his official government announcements on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns," the civil suit says."This scheme is extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional, and Plaintiffs bring this case to stop it," the suit says. "There is no legitimate interest, let alone a significant one, in permitting President Trump to profit from selling government information."The suit was filed by The Intercept Media, a news organization, and by the Freedom of the Press Association, a non-profit group. The complaint alleges that the new service, known as Truth API, violates the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution by giving subscribers preferential access to Trump's public announcements for "u...