The White House responded to the NAD lawsuit by saying they do not have to provide an interpreter.

The NAD filed a lawsuit in DC court two weeks ago after they made multiple requests for President Trump to provide an in-frame interpreter for its coronavirus briefings. The NAD said the White House is discriminating against deaf individuals based on their disability, which is a violation of Section 504.

DeafVee Journal — in a report on Sunday — provided a PDF file where you can read the document.

The judge overseeing the case is James E. Boasberg. He is the DAPL pipeline judge — the one who ordered an environmental review in June that stopped the pipeline from crossing the Missouri River. Boasberg also ordered in August 2016 the public release of 14,000 of Hillary Clinton’s emails.

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The White House, in their response, said TV channels are already required to provide closed captioning and that the White House’s social media channels do have captions and provides a transcript.

The White House also said they have very limited space in their press briefing rooms and they do not decide how the news cameras broadcast it. The White House said news channels have the ability to provide in-frame interpreters but absolved itself of any responsibility to provide interpreters for their own videos on social media channels.

The White House also said private individuals couldn’t sue them because they are the office of the president, not a federal agency.

The White House emphasizes that there have never been an ASL interpreter, neither in the Bush, Clinton, nor the Obama administrations.

The lead author of the White House’s response is Acting Assistant Attorney General Ethan Davis.

That’s the recap for now. there will be more actions from both sides before the judge makes a decision.