A federal judge has ordered the White House to immediately restore access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. NBC News’ Nikki Battiste and Gary Grumbach report on the judge’s ruling.
US district judge orders temporary lifting of Trump’s ban on the three media outlets, saying it was likely unconstitutionalA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House access to journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional.US district judge…
District Judge Tim Kelly said the president’s ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional.
The outlets sued the Trump Administration over the ban earlier this week, arguing it is a “direct assault” on the First Amendment.
The same judge, Timothy Kelly, ordered a CNN journalist's access restored in a similar case back in 2018.
A federal judge temporarily blocked senior Trump administration officials from barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and said their journalists' press credentials must be immediately restored.
A federal judge ordered the White House early Thursday to immediately restore press credentials for reporters at CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ruling that President Trump’s ban likely violated their constitutional due process rights. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly handed down the ruling in the middle of the night, hours after holding an emergency hearing on…
President Donald Trump has been ordered to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, with a federal judge ruling early Thursday morning the three media outlets must be "immediately" granted necessary permissions.
The court's rationale is that revoking reporters' passes violated the Due Process Clause, given D.C. Circuit precedent on the subject; the court didn't reach the outlets' First Amendment arguments.
