Trump Can Block Anyone He Wants on Twitter, Government Argues

President Donald Trump’s tweets may be official statements, but blocking some followers of his Twitter account is strictly personal, government lawyers argued in seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by a nonprofit group claiming the move violates the Constitution.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University sued the president and members of his staff in federal court in Manhattan last summer on behalf of seven Twitter users who said they were blocked by Trump after replying to his Tweets. Their speech is protected because the account is a public forum that is open to discourse, they claim.