Trump inauguration protest groups demand access to Washington sitesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A public interest group urged U.S. officials on Wednesday to free up Washington landmarks for thousands of people planning protests around the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The Washington-based Partnership for Civil Justice Fund said the National Park Service had handed over control of sites such  as the Lincoln Memorial to the private committee overseeing Republican Trump’s inauguration. The move had left at least a dozen protest groups without prime venues, a violation of Americans’ constitutional rights, fund officials said. The National Park Service “has done a massive land grab inhibiting all those who want to exercise their right to free speech,” Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a co-founder of the fund, said at a news conference.  Trump’s inaugural committee did not respond to a request for comment.  Trump’s election on Nov. 8 led to days of sometimes-violent protests by people who said the New York businessman and former reality TV star encouraged racism, bigotry and misogyny in his campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton and was a threat to American values. National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst said agency rules in place since 2008 give an inaugural committee preferential access to some public areas along Pennsylvania Avenue, the National Mall and surrounding land. A federal court has upheld the rules and most public sidewalks along the parade route down Pennsylvania Avenue, the boulevard running from the Capitol to the White House, are open to protesters. The NPS  is reviewing the pending applications, Litterst said in an email. The Partnership for Civil Justice said that it was the first time in recent memory that permits to the land had been extended to a private inauguration committee in the days around a president’s swearing-in. But it said that despite the decision, city law allowed peaceful street protests to go ahead without permits. The fund is prepared to sue to get the permits pulled so protesters may gather near the White House and the National Mall, Verheyden-Hilliard said.  District of Columbia officials are expecting around a million people for the inauguration and events surrounding it. Several groups have vowed to demonstrate. More than 135,000 people have said they would take part in a march for women’s rights the day after the ceremony. The committee has not said what it will do with the sites and the National Park Service has said it has no plans to use them, Verheyden-Hilliard said. politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Trump inauguration protest groups demand access to Washington sitesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A public interest group urged U.S. officials on Wednesday to free up Washington landmarks for thousands of people planning protests around the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The Washington-based Partnership for Civil Justice Fund said the National Park Service had handed over control of sites such  as the Lincoln Memorial to the private committee overseeing Republican Trump’s inauguration. The move had left at least a dozen protest groups without prime venues, a violation of Americans’ constitutional rights, fund officials said. The National Park Service “has done a massive land grab inhibiting all those who want to exercise their right to free speech,” Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a co-founder of the fund, said at a news conference.  Trump’s inaugural committee did not respond to a request for comment.  Trump’s election on Nov. 8 led to days of sometimes-violent protests by people who said the New York businessman and former reality TV star encouraged racism, bigotry and misogyny in his campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton and was a threat to American values. National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst said agency rules in place since 2008 give an inaugural committee preferential access to some public areas along Pennsylvania Avenue, the National Mall and surrounding land. A federal court has upheld the rules and most public sidewalks along the parade route down Pennsylvania Avenue, the boulevard running from the Capitol to the White House, are open to protesters. The NPS  is reviewing the pending applications, Litterst said in an email. The Partnership for Civil Justice said that it was the first time in recent memory that permits to the land had been extended to a private inauguration committee in the days around a president’s swearing-in. But it said that despite the decision, city law allowed peaceful street protests to go ahead without permits. The fund is prepared to sue to get the permits pulled so protesters may gather near the White House and the National Mall, Verheyden-Hilliard said.  District of Columbia officials are expecting around a million people for the inauguration and events surrounding it. Several groups have vowed to demonstrate. More than 135,000 people have said they would take part in a march for women’s rights the day after the ceremony. The committee has not said what it will do with the sites and the National Park Service has said it has no plans to use them, Verheyden-Hilliard said. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: trump inauguration protest groups demand access washington siteswashington reuters a public interest group urged officials wednesday free washington landmarks thousands people planning protests around inauguration donald trump the partnership civil justice fund said national park service handed control sites lincoln memorial private committee overseeing republican trump inauguration the move left least dozen protest groups without prime venues violation americans constitutional rights fund officials said the national park service done massive land grab inhibiting want exercise right free speech mara fund said news conference trump inaugural committee respond request comment trump election led days protests people said new york businessman former reality tv star encouraged racism bigotry misogyny campaign democrat hillary clinton threat american values national park service spokesman mike letters said agency rules place since give inaugural committee preferential access public areas along pennsylvania avenue national mall surrounding land a federal court upheld rules public sidewalks along parade route pennsylvania avenue boulevard running capitol white house open protesters the nps reviewing pending applications letters said email the partnership civil justice said first time recent memory permits land extended private inauguration committee days around president but said despite decision city law allowed peaceful street protests go ahead without permits the fund prepared sue get permits pulled protesters may gather near white house national mall said district columbia officials expecting around million people inauguration events surrounding several groups vowed demonstrate more people said would take part march women rights day ceremony the committee said sites national park service said plans use said politicsnews