NewzA US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico after their reporters were banned for allegedly distributing ‘fake news.’ A US federal judge ordered Thursday the Trump administration to immediately reinstate White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, after their reporters were banned from the premises. Judge Timothy Kelly found that the revocation of press passes “likely violated their constitutional due process rights”, according to the ruling.
Vanguard News The post US judge orders White House reinstate access to CNN, MS NOW, Politico appeared first on Vanguard News. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to temporarily restore access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico, after they were banned from covering White House events by President Trump.(Image credit: Alex Wroblewski) US President Donald Trump announced that he was banning the news outlets last Friday, accusing them – without specifics – of reporting “fiction and lies.”
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's move to ban three news outlets from the White House grounds and said CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored Kelly issued a temporary restraining order and told the White House to immediately restore the press credentials for the employees of the three news outlets. Trump justified the ban in a social media post on Friday, accusing the outlets of publishing "fake news" and warning that other news organizations could face similar treatment.
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. District Judge Timothy Kelly handed down the ruling in the middle of the night, hours after holding an emergency hearing on the outlets’ lawsuit.
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