Associated Press disputes Trump's false characterization of its legal fight over access [View all]
Source: AP
Updated 4:15 PM EDT, October 6, 2025
The Associated Press is objecting to Donald Trump’s false claims about its ongoing legal dispute over access after the president incorrectly characterized the case in a public forum — a situation that goes back to the news service’s decision last winter not to follow the president’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Trump, speaking Sunday on an aircraft carrier while marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy, said that “we got sued by The Associated Press and they lost.” The president said the “liberal” AP “got thrown out of court” and that “they’re almost not allowed to cover me anymore.”
In fact, the AP won its case against Trump, but the president successfully earned a delay in getting the ruling enforced before the U.S. Court of Appeals considers the issue. Arguments on the president’s appeal are scheduled for November.
“The court ruled in AP’s favor — in a strong opinion in support of free speech — and the government is appealing,” AP spokesman Patrick Maks said. “As we’ve said throughout, the press and the public have a fundamental right to speak freely without government retaliation.”
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/ap-trump-white-house-legal-case-access-gulf-america-057b0734de60fc440e4a69dc7c1426bc
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