Trump Media faces lawsuit over paid “early access” to Trump’s Truth Social posts

President Donald Trump gets sued by media organizations for selling early access to his Truth Social posts.

News Groups Sue Trump Over Paid Early Access To Truth Social Posts Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump was sued on Wednesday by two news organizations seeking to shut down a service that sells paid access to the president's posts on his Truth Social platform. This illustrative photo shows a person checking the app store on a smartphone for Truth Social, with it's website on a computer screen in the background, in Los Angeles on Oct. 20, 2021. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images The lawsuit, filed on Aug. 12 in Manhattan federal court by The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, challenges Truth API, launched on Aug. 1, a feed offered by Trump Media & Technology Group, which charges up to $100,000 a month for early access to 10 high-profile Truth Social accounts, including Trump's. Trump often uses his Truth Social account to post news. The lawsuit targets Trump in his official capacity as U.S. president, along with Natalie J. Harp in her official capacity as the president's executive assistant. It also names Daniel Scavino (in his official capacity as White House deputy chief of staff and director of the White House Personnel Office), the Executive Office of the President, and the White House Office. "Truth API delivers a direct, licensed, real-time feed of the platform's most market-moving Truths while advancing our strategy to monetize proprietary assets through a high-margin, recurring revenue stream," Trump Media's interim chief executive, Kevin McGurn, said in a July 16 statement. "As adoption grows, we expect Truth API to become a meaningful, ongoing source of revenue for the company, creating lasting value for shareholders." In an Aug. 10 earnings call, McGurn said the company had signed more than 10 customer agreements for Truth API, primarily with "high-frequency trading firms," at "rates generally in the range of $60,000-$100,000 a month." In the complaint, the plaintiffs called the Truth API service an "astounding scheme" because the president stands to gain financially when subscribers sign up. "This scheme is extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional, and Plaintiffs bring this case to stop it," the plaintiffs said. The lawsuit claimed that granting preferential access to Trump's public statements to paid subscribers violates the First Amendment, which it says guarantees Americans equal access to the president's public announcements, as well as the Fifth Amendment, which it says prohibits the government from imposing extortionate or unreasonable conditions on the availability of government benefits. "There is no legitimate interest, let alone a significant one, in permitting President Trump to profit from selling government information," it said. "The President stands to gain financially by giving 'market-moving' government information to those who are willing and able to pay his personal company." According to the complaint, many of Trump's 9,000 to 11,000 Truth Social posts and reposts during his second White House term were not followed by official White House statements. A Trump Media & Technology Group spokesman told The Epoch Times by email that information from Trump is "disseminated by countless platforms and news outlets, many of which offer subscription APIs." He said that one of those channels is Truth Social, "which was founded as an uncancellable haven for free speech after the President was unjustly deplatformed." "Now, left-wing activists are trying to wrongfully weaponize the courts to censor him again and harm our shareholders," he added. The president is Trump Media's largest shareholder. His eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is a Trump Media director and oversees the trust. Other accounts offered through Truth API include those of Vice President JD Vance, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FBI Director Kash Patel, and the White House itself, the complaint said, adding that these are the 10 most popular accounts on Truth Social "Trump is trying to enrich himself by privatizing government information that he has no right to sell," said Ben Muessig, editor-in-chief of online news outlet The Intercept. "A president selling priority access to news he himself generates for the benefit of a private company he controls is so blatantly corrupt and unconstitutional that it would have been hard to even fathom just a few years ago," said Freedom of the Press Foundation's chief of advocacy Seth Stern. The Epoch Times has contacted the White House for comment. Reuters contributed to this report. Tyler Durden Thu, 08/13/2026 - 17:00

President Trump has an unprecedented array of income streams pouring right into the Oval Office, but a lucrative new scheme may run afoul of the Constitution. In July, Truth Social’s parent company announced that it would sell first-look access to the social platform’s posts, a move designed to entice Wall Street traders to splash out big bucks for exclusive market-moving information. The price? Up to a cool $100,000 a month. In a new lawsuit, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Intercept are suing the president, asking the court to quash Truth Social’s monetization of the presidential account on the grounds that it violates the First and Fifth amendments. “A president selling priority access to news he himself generates for the benefit of a private company he controls is so blatantly corrupt and unconstitutional that it would have been hard to even fathom just a few years ago,” Seth Stern, Freedom of the Press Foundation’s chief of advocacy, said in a press release slamming the arrangement as a “brazen grift.” By paying the monthly early-access fee, Truth Social users with the deepest pockets unlock Truth API, a “a business-to-business data feed” giving them a peek at the president’s posts the instant they go live. The ultra-premium feature “provides licensed, low-latency access to publicly available posts from certain top Truth Social accounts,” according to Trump Media. In the lawsuit, the press freedom organization and the independent media outlet argue that the First Amendment guarantees that Americans receive “equal access to the President’s public announcements” and the Fifth Amendment “prohibits charging unreasonable sums” for access to government information. Paying for the Truth In a recent earnings call, Trump Media CEO Kevin McGurn boasted that Truth Social subscribers will get public posts “fractionally faster” than everyone else, creating a meaningful new income stream for the controversial company. According to McGurn, by mid-August more than 10 entities had already signed on for the exclusive Truth Social experience, paying anywhere from $60,000 to $100,000 per month. The company says it onboarded a handful of institutional customers prior to the feature’s August 1 launch and in spite of what it calls “factually inaccurate criticism of Truth API,” it continues to sign up new subscribers. Giving a social platform’s paying subscriber’s early access is one thing, but Truth Social isn’t just any social media site. Not only is the social network majority-owned by the president himself, but it’s now Trump’s main hub for self-issued announcements. Trump’s Truth Social account collects everything from his mundane gripes to policy changes and real-time insight about the war in Iran. Just this week, Trump took to Truth Social to boast that the U.S. now has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz—a characterization that Iran quickly disputed. “Since returning to office, Trump has used his Truth Social account as his primary means of communicating with the public and making official announcements, encompassing everything from agency appointments and firings to military actions and foreign policy,” Stern said.  Truth Social’s ultra-premium access tier is outrageous, but it’s far from the only way that Trump has cashed in during his second term in office. In 2025 alone, the current U.S. president raked in at least $2.2 billion, a mind-boggling and unprecedented sum powered largely by his controversial cryptocurrency ventures.

Press groups are suing Trump Media over the scheme, calling it “profoundly corrupt.”

The legal challenge lands in the midst of mounting backlash as Democratic lawmakers rally over the controversial early access scheme.

The offering would allow early access to Trump’s posts for $100,000 per month

Lawsuit alleges the service violates the U.S. Constitution and requests that it be shut down

U.S. President Donald Trump was sued in federal court Wednesday to stop him from making money off a new, paid service at Truth Social offering early access to his posts.

Press freedom groups say Trump Media's Truth API violates the First and Fifth Amendments by giving traders early access to market-moving posts

The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation have sued President Donald Trump over a Trump Media service that sells paid early access to his Truth Social posts, arguing that a sitting president should not be allowed to put a price on his own official words. The service, called Truth API, gives paying subscribers […] This story continues at The Next Web

The lawsuit contends that Trump’s agreement to publish updates concerning tariffs, war and government actions first on his platform violates the Constitution

The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court by the Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation challenges Truth API, a feed offered by Trump Media & Technology Group.

Press groups have filed a lawsuit against Trump Media & Technology Group. They challenge a new service offering paying customers early access to President Trump's posts. The lawsuit seeks to prevent exclusive release of official government information on the platform. Trump's firm defends the paid access service, calling the suit an attempt to censor him. Meanwhile, TMTG shares experienced a decline and reported a significant financial loss.

Lawsuit claims Trump profits unfairly by charging up to $100,000 monthly for exclusive access to presidential posts.

Two media groups filed suit against Donald Trump over a new offering in which subscribers can pay up to $100,000 a month for quicker access to his announcements on Truth Social. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Wednesday, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Intercept Media claim that the “scheme is profoundly […]

Early access to the service can cost up to US$100,000 per month, or US$60,000 monthly with a three-year commitment.

A new lawsuit claims the Truth API violates the First and Fifth Amendments.

Free press groups say selling access to Trump's posts is "unconstitutional."

The lawsuit contends that Trump’s agreement to publish updates concerning tariffs, war and government actions first on his platform violates the Constitution

President Donald Trump was sued in federal court Wednesday to stop him from making money off a new, paid service at his Truth Social company offering early, exclusive access to his posts on U.S. policy.

The lawsuit filed in federal court said President Trump “stands to gain financially by giving ‘market-moving’ government information to those who are willing and able to pay his personal company.”

The federal lawsuit alleges that the service from the president's media company violates the Constitution. Meanwhile, Trump Media executives say they have signed up more than 10 customers.

With Truth API, Trump is "selling priority access to news he himself generates."

President Donald Trump has just been sued for trying to sell early access to his Truth Social posts. The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Wednesday, calling Trump’s plan “extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional.” Truth Social is part of Trump’s company, Trump Media & Technology, which announced the plan last month. Under a new product, known as Trump API, it seeks to get Wall Street companies to pay between $60,000 and $100,000 per month for preferred access to Trump’s posts so their traders can have an advantage on market reactions to them. Trump API would provide 24/7 access, along with Trump’s archived posts going back to 2022, including ones that were deleted or altered. Trump Media’s interim CEO Kevin McGurn says that the company intends “to create a lot of friction for those folks that aren’t coming to us directly.”   This seems a lot like insider trading, which is a federal crime prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the lawsuit directly takes aim at the ethical issues behind selling access to market-moving information from the president of the United States. “This scheme is profoundly corrupt. The President stands to gain financially by giving ‘market-moving’ government information to those who are willing and able to pay his personal company,” the plaintiffs write. “There is no legitimate interest, let alone a significant one, in permitting President Trump to profit from selling government information.” According to the lawsuit, Trump Media disclosed on Monday that it already has more than 10 subscribers to the service, including financial news outlets and high-frequency trading firms. The president stands to personally profit from those companies having access to privileged information generated by his position. With any other politician, this would be a massive ethical violation possibly coming with legal penalties, but for Trump, it’s only the latest in a series of schemes that have allowed him to profit off of his presidency. For now, this lawsuit is the only attempt to end his insider trading venture. 

Trump sued over Truth Social plan selling early access to policy posts

A new lawsuit alleges Trump’s paid Truth Social feed unconstitutionally restricts access to official posts.

Trump Media's interim CEO has said it has signed more than 10 customers paying up to $100,000 a month for the early access service.

“The president stands to gain financially by giving ‘market-moving’ government information to those who are willing and able to pay his personal company,” The Intercept argues in the federal suit.

A left-leaning publication sued President Trump’s media company on Wednesday over its new product that gives paying Wall Street firms faster access to the president’s Truth Social posts The Intercept filed the lawsuit alongside the Freedom of the Press Foundation, saying the offering violates the First Amendment. “This scheme is profoundly corrupt,” the lawsuit states. “The...

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President Trump's newly launched paid service for early access to his Truth Social posts is being challenged in court.

Suit alleges subscription offer is attempt to sell privileged access to information generated in president’s official capacityDonald Trump has been sued after a subscription service charging up to $100,000 a month for early access to his posts on his Truth Social platform sparked allegations of corruption.The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the southern district of New York, was brought by the Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation against Trump, two of his aides and the executive office of the president. Continue reading...

The lawsuit, filed in New York, describes the scheme as "extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional."

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan, alleges the paid early-access service violates the First and Fifth Amendments

The suit challenges Truth Social plan selling early access to Trump's market-moving posts.

The lawsuit, filed in New York by The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation, states that the scheme is "extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional."

NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Two United States (US) media groups on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump over his move to charge for early access to his often market-moving Truth Social posts. The lawsuit, filed in New York by The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation, states that the scheme is "extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional." Subscribers to the paid service are supposed to get almost instantaneous access to Trump's messages on Truth Social -- crucial seconds ahead of the general public. The billionaire US leader often uses the platform to announce huge news, ranging from developments in the Iran war to trade tariffs, all of which can instantly send market values tumbling or soaring. Early access to the service can cost up to $100,000 per month, according to Wednesday's lawsuit. "This scheme is profoundly corrupt. The President stands to gain financially by giving 'market-moving' government information to those who are willing and able to pay his personal company," a court filing says. Trump Media and Technology Group -- the company operating the platform -- has dismissed concerns over the product, which is called Truth API and was first unveiled in mid-July.

Two US media groups have sued President Trump over his company’s plan to charge for early access to his Truth Social posts, claiming it is unconstitutional and corrupt. 

Two media firms called the president’s plan to sell faster access to his social media posts “extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional.”

A lawsuit filed with the Freedom of the Press Foundation argues the president is restricting First Amendment-protected information in a scheme to enrich himself. The post The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to Truth Social Announcements appeared first on The Intercept.