Three news organizations whose journalists were banned from the White House last week are suing President Donald Trump and three top advisers, calling the abrupt lockout a \u201cdirect assault on the First Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW said in a joint statement Monday that they are bringing the federal lawsuit in a bid to immediately restore access for their reporters, who were denied entry to the White House complex on Saturday and had their credentials confiscated by the Secret Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis 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,\u201d the news organizations said. \u201cWithout notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists\u2019 credentials because it objected to our reporting. Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public\u2019s right to independent journalism free from government interference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The organizations are asking a judge on the U.S. District Court in Washington to quickly rule Trump\u2019s ban unconstitutional and prevent his aides from enforcing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump appeared to respond to the lawsuit in a social media post attacking the news media outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social early Monday. \u201cIt is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control. It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White House\u2019s exclusion of the journalists followed an announcement from Trump on Friday that he was banning reporters for the three outlets \u201ceffective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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