Trump sued over $100,000-a-month early-access offer to Truth Social posts

Key Points:

• Donald Trump and associates have been sued over a subscription service called "Truth API," which charges up to $100,000 a month for early access to posts on the Truth Social platform, raising allegations of corruption.
• The lawsuit, filed by the Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation in New York, targets the Trump Media & Technology Group and accuses the service of being "extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional."
• Truth API offers paying subscribers faster access to posts from Trump and other senior officials, with some subscribers reportedly including financial news outlets and high-frequency trading firms.
• Critics, including Democratic senators, have expressed concerns that the service may amount to market manipulation benefiting insiders at the expense of ordinary investors.
• The plaintiffs seek a court ruling to declare the arrangement unlawful and to prevent the administration from using Truth Social as the exclusive platform for official announcements while selling privileged access.