Three outlets seek permanent court order on Trump access
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 29 Oct, 14:32 · Archive
CNN, MSNBC and Politico are asking a federal court to make permanent a judge's order requiring the White House to restore their press access.
Three news outlets have filed an amended legal complaint asking a federal court to make permanent a judge's previous orders requiring the White House to restore their press access to cover President Trump.
CNN, MSNBC and Politico say the White House is continuing to defy U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly's orders by keeping their reporters out of the rotating press pool that covers the president in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in other locations where Trump regularly engages with journalists. The outlets' attorney, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., said the White House was continuing to block access to "the very locations that the president most frequently engages with the press."
The outlets argue that excluding them based on their reporting constitutes illegal "viewpoint discrimination" forbidden by the First Amendment's free-speech protections. Trump has argued that he may refuse to allow news outlets whose reports he dislikes onto White House grounds or on Air Force One. The White House had not responded to the amended lawsuit as of Thursday morning.
How it is being reported
- CNN, MSNOW and Politico ask court to make Trump access order permanentThree news outlets are telling a federal court that the White House is defying a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald Trump.Clickorlando · 29 Oct, 13:59
- CNN, MSNOW and Politico ask court to make Trump access order permanentThree news outlets are telling a federal court that the White House is defying a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald Trump.News4Jax · 29 Oct, 13:59
In this story: CNN · MSNBC · Politico · Donald Trump · Timothy Kelly · White House
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