David Folkenflik

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217 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard yesterday

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The NPR Politics Podcast · Trump vs. the media · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

He has said the press does not have an absolute right to cover the White House from the White House. voice-verified

As he said, you can say what you want, but you can't do it from here. voice-verified

There is some truth to that. voice-verified

But there's case law, which is to say judicial decisions going back decades that have been embraced by the courts that say once admitted to the White House grounds to report, you can't then take that away from them. voice-verified

just because you don't like what they report or how their people analyze things. voice-verified

That is a viewpoint discrimination. voice-verified

There's also a second element, and it's the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. voice-verified

And that is the president just announced this in Truth Social. voice-verified

He backed it up with some of his critique of the press Friday afternoon. voice-verified

And then over the weekend, the White House scurried out to execute what he had said. voice-verified

But they didn't offer grounds on really specifically why they were doing it. voice-verified

They didn't allow these news outlets to engage and object, and they didn't allow voice-verified

a formal appeals process, all of which are essentially required when the federal government acts. voice-verified

I should add here their lead lawyer for the news outlets is Theodore Boutros. voice-verified

He's one of the top First Amendment lawyers in the country. voice-verified

He also successfully represented NPR. voice-verified

in a first amendment lawsuit against the president's executive order and evolving public media. voice-verified

And he won that case. voice-verified

I will say the white house is now presenting an additional layers of defense for what they're doing. voice-verified

They're saying, look, these outlets violated national security elements and spread falsehoods on such things as voice-verified

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