Lawsuit over White House media ban assigned to Trump nominee
The judge who will decide whether President Trump constitutionally banned a trio of media outlets from the White House is one of the president’s own nominees — and he’s no stranger to Trump’s clashes with the press. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, whom Trump nominated to the federal bench in the nation’s capital during his...
A lawsuit has been filed by CNN, MSNBC, and Politico against the White House after President Trump banned them from the presidential complex. The ban has sparked a strong reaction, with the five major US broadcasters - ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, and NBC - halting their pooled coverage of the White House in solidarity with CNN.
The lawsuit has been assigned to US District Judge Timothy Kelly, a nominee of President Trump. The news outlets argue that the ban is a direct assault on the First Amendment and a violation of fundamental constitutional principles.
The boycott of pooled coverage means that there will be no coverage of Trump's travel to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Trump has defended his actions, branding the media a "cancer" and a threat.
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