The Associated Press has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the outlet being barred from covering White House events in person.
The wire service has been snubbed for refusing to update its style guide to refer to the “Gulf of Mexico” as the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming it.
Since refusing to change the style guide, AP reporters have been blocked from two Oval Office briefings and traveling with the president on Air Force One.
“We reserve the right to decide who gets to go into the Oval Office,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said of the situation.
Leavitt continued, “If we feel there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable. And it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, and I’m not sure why news outlets don’t want to call it that, but that is what it is.”
On Friday, the AP filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., claiming a violation of their First Amendment rights.
The complaint argues, “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.”
“This targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence and ability to gather and report the news strikes at the very core of the First Amendment. This court should remedy it immediately,” the filing added.
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