The AP filed its initial lawsuit on Feb. 21, naming three Trump officials - White House chief of staff Susan Wiles, deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich and press secretary Karoline Leavitt - as defendants. The agency, a not-for-profit news organization in operation since 1846, called the White House's move a "targeted attack" that strikes at the freedom of the press and public to speak freely without the threat of government retaliation.