CNN, Politico, MS NOW to sue Trump administration over White House ban

Trump says ban targets ‘fake news’, which poses a ‘threat to our National Security’.Leading news outlets CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they intend to sue the ⁠administration of United States President Donald Trump after it banned them from the White House grounds.“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the outlets said in a joint statement on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Journalists locked out of the White House after Trump banlist 2 of 3What are Iran’s latest conditions to end its war with the US?list 3 of 3Trump says monumental arch in Washington, DC will also be military complexend of listThe White House revoked credentials of the journalists of the organisations “without notice or process” because it “objected to our reporting”, their statement said. “Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.”All three outlets had said on Saturday that their journalists were turned away from the White House grounds and their press credentials confiscated.In the statement, they added that they would file ⁠a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia and could see emergency hearings in the case as soon as this week.Trump said on Friday he was banning the outlets from the presidential mansion as punishment for distributing what he called “fake news”.He did not detail what prompted the ban but on Monday said it was not an attack on the free press, “which I cherish”, but “an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America”.“It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control,” he wrote on Truth Social. “It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW!”