Three media outlets seek full White House access in amended lawsuit
President Donald Trump banned MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House in September, only to have a judge he appointed order their return.
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President Donald Trump banned MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House in September, only to have a judge he appointed order their return.
A federal judge extended an order that blocks the Trump administration from banning media outlets from the White House. The outlets have reasonable grounds to think they'll win the case, the judge said.
A US federal judge had ordered the White House to 'immediately return, reinstate and restore' the three outlets' access.
The Department of Justice also argued President Trump was motivated by national security concerns in banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House.
During a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new helipad at the White House on Monday, Donald Trump made a brief statement that was inaudible. In response to Trump’s decision to bar MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House, US television networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News, suspended their pooled coverage of the president.
Regular coverage of the president has been disrupted after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico say the ban against them threatens press freedom and the right to independent journalism.
Donald Trump has suggested that more news outlets may be barred from the White House after he announced he was banning Politico, CNN and MS NOW. On Saturday, all three outlets said that the White House confiscated their teams' press passes; they have also hinted at legal action. The ban has come under sharp criticism from press freedom advocates, as Charlotte Hughes explains.
The ban is the latest attack by Trump on media outlets that he perceives as unfavourable to his administration.
The US president on Friday announced he is "immediately" banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
The US president insists media outlets report 'fiction and lies' as he announces new bans on White House access.