Judge temporarily overturns Trump's White House media ban

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A federal judge has temporarily overturned the White House's ban on media access for CNN, Politico, and MS NOW, ordering the government to reinstate their hard passes. The ruling stated the administration failed to provide factual support for its contention that revoking the passes would protect national security or that national security would be endangered by their reinstatement during litigation. The White House had cited articles published by these outlets, including those about construction, as justification for the ban. However, the judge noted that in most cases, the criticized stories were not written by reporters holding hard passes, and in other instances, the administration did not demonstrate that the passes were integral to the reporting. This decision was supported by numerous other media organizations and major TV networks had previously withdrawn from White House pool duties in protest.

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This ruling vindicates freedom of the press, due process, and the rule of law.

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The judge stated that in most cases, the disputed stories were not written by reporters with hard passes.

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The Trump administration cited articles about White House construction in its defense of the ban.

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The record lacks factual support for the contention that revoking hard passes protects national security.

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A judge temporarily overturned Trump's White House media ban for certain outlets.

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The ruling continued: "The record lacks factual support for Defendants' contention that the revocation of Plaintiffs' hard passes will in fact protect National Security or that National Security will be endangered if the Court orders their passes reinstated while this litigation proceeds."In its defence of the ban in a court filing on Tuesday, the Trump administration cited a number of articles published by the outlets, including some about construction at the White House, including work on a new ballroom.The judge said that "in most cases" the stories the White House took issue with were written by journalists who "did not even hold card passes" - and in the remaining cases, the Trump administration did not demonstrate "reason to believe that the reporter's possession of the hard pass was integral to the stories identified".In its original filing, the Trump administration cited declarations from defence department officials supporting the ban - but the judge said they had "no direct knowledge of how reporters operate in the White House, or about any of the facts at issue here".Ted Boutrous, the lawyer representing the news outlets, told CNN: "This is a strong ruling vindicating Freedom of the Press, due process and the rule of law."On Monday, major US TV networks pulled out of White House pool duties in protest at the ban. The arrangement sees media organisations share material with each other to save on costs and space when broadcasting presidential events to the American public.Forty-nine media organisations - including CBS News, The New York Times and Fox News - also filed a legal brief in support of CNN, MS NOW and Politico's lawsuit.Trump frequently criticises news organisations, and his administration has launched legal action against a series of outlets, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the BBC.

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