Legacy Media Outlets Suing Trump Admin Over White House Ban
MS NOW, CNN and Politico announced Monday that they are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for banning reporters’ White House access.
Trump said in a Friday Truth Social post that the three news outlets would be immediately blocked from accessing the White House for writing “FICTION and LIES” about his administration. MS NOW, CNN and Politico’s lawsuit seeks to stop the ban and immediately restore White House press access and credentials for the outlets’ reporters.
“The President banned CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO, and the individual reporters covering the news for those media organizations, in disregard of the most basic guarantees of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause,” according to the lawsuit. “He did so expressly for the improper purpose of retaliating against Plaintiffs for past news coverage because he deemed it ‘negative’ and chilling future reporting about him and his administration’s policies and actions.”
“This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a more blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles,” the suit claims.
The complaint also alleges that the ban is “already severely impeding the ability of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO to cover the President and his administration.” (Read more from “Legacy Media Outlets Suing Trump Admin Over White House Ban” HERE)
