The legal case launched by the president’s administration comes amid a pandemic that has killed more than 173,000 Americans.
Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let him to block people from his personal Twitter account. His administration argued in a high-court filing made on Thursday that the president’s @realdonaldtrump page is his personal property. It claims blocking people from the account – which has more than 85 million followers – is akin to elected officials who refuse to allow their opponents’ yard signs on their front lawns. “President Trump’s ability to use the features of his personal Twitter account, including the blocking function, are independent of his presidential office,” acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall insisted in the filing. The federal appeals court in New York had ruled last year that Mr Trump uses the account to make daily pronouncements and observations that are overwhelmingly official in nature.
