DOJ peti­tions judge to rein­state White House ban on CNN, MS Now, and Politi­co

The Jus­tice Depart­ment is ask­ing a fed­er­al judge to rein­state Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS Now, and Politi­co jour­nal­ists’ access to the White House, argu­ing that access to the White House is a priv­i­lege, not a con­sti­tu­tion­al right.
The fil­ing comes after U.S. Dis­trict Judge Tim­o­thy Kel­ly, a Trump appointee, tem­porar­i­ly blocked the administration’s deci­sion to revoke the out­lets’ access and ordered the White House to restore their press cre­den­tials.

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