CNN, MS NOW And Politico Amend Lawsuit To Challenge Trump Ban On Access To Air Force One And The Oval Office
CNN, Politico and MS NOW have filed an amended lawsuit against Donald Trump, this time challenging the White House‘s continued exclusion of the outlets from Air Force One and areas of the White House where other reporters have gained access.
A judge ruled earlier this month that the White House cannot revoke the hard passes of dozens of reporters for the outlets, after Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from even entering the White House grounds.
But the outlets have continued to be restricted from pool duties, in which smaller groups of reporters are ushered into the Oval Office for press availabilities or are assigned to travel with the president on Air Force One.
The outlets’ legal team wrote in the amended complaint that “these exclusions reflect an unstated policy to carry out the President’s directive to take his viewpoint-discriminatory and retaliatory ban ‘as far as you can.’ Indeed, the President has been explicit that he intends to limit access to the Oval Office to news organizations that cover him favorably, declaring hours after this action was filed that ‘publications that only write negatively . . . shouldn’t be allowed access to the most important Office anywhere in the World.'”
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