Trump Faces Legal Fight Over White House Media Restrictions
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What legal battle is Trump facing over the White House media ban?
Right before the midnight deadline, the Trump regime's DOJ filed one of the most strange documents I've ever seen in connection with the lawsuit filed by Politico, CNN, and MS Now after they were banned from the White House because Donald Trump didn't like their coverage. It's a clear violation of the first amendment. Amendment that they were banned from the White House. So they filed a lawsuit. The case was ultimately assigned to federal Judge Kelly. That's a Trump-appointed federal judge in Washington, D.C. Donald Trump proceeded to make social media posts attacking Judge Kelly. It's the judge that Donald Trump appointed saying, Judge Kelly's going to treat me so unfair. He's going to be so mean to me.
So I'm going to lose, but I'm going to file this document anyway. So then before midnight, the Trump regime DOJ filed this document. They asked that 1977 precedent in the Sheryl case be overturned on national security grounds, and the Trump regime claims. That CNN and Politico and MSNow were infringing upon the national security of the United States by reporting on Donald Trump's catastrophic handling of the war in Iran. And Donald Trump's other catastrophic behavior. So I want to go over with you what was actually filed, and I want to talk about why this is so utterly deranged. Now, it should also be noted that Iran is now using Donald Trump's filings and behavior to say the following: this is Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson.
Who said when an administration slams its door shut even on American journalists, it happens to dislike and bars foreign porters, foreign reporters, including the Iranian president's media team, whose voices it would rather silence. It is not managing access, it is trying to hide the truth and further its misinformation campaign by trampling on the right of access to information. A nation, referring to the United States that once took pride in tearing down the Iron Curtain, now finds itself standing behind one on its own. And so that's coming right there from Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson calling out the United States. Let's look at this deeply embarrassing and un-American court filing from right before midnight, where the Trump regime argues CNN MS now and politico should be stripped.
of White House access in the name of national security, and in the new filing the DOJ argues, even if the reporting is accurate, If it has anything to do with the war or whatever Donald Trump deems national security, Trump then calls you unprofessional and he bans you from the White House because he says it's my home. This belongs to me, so I don't want you in my home. Also, the DOJ throughout this filing used Donald Trump's deranged truth social post to make the argument. They're like, look at what Donald Trump truthed. This is what he truthed on September 20th, and he truthed this on September 21st. And so the Trump regime is asking the judge to reject the outlet's emergency uh motion and allow Donald Trump to ban reporters and to overturn the nineteen seventy seven precedent.
There's a hearing today in a few hours, so we'll keep you posted, of course. But take a look at Donald Trump's deranged filing over here. On the Minus Touch Network, we go through the filings. We do a meticulous job to share with you what's actually being said. So the Trump regime DOJ files this. This was this is Late like last night, right before midnight. The White House is the home and workplace for the nation's commander-in-chief. Plaintiffs, CNN, MS Now, and Politico have long been granted privileged access to the White House grounds, but the president concluded they have failed to maintain basic minimum standards of professionalism and decorum expected of those given access to the White House. White House complex, including by publishing sensitive or classified information.
See exhibit letter one to CNN, exhibit two, letter to MSNow, exhibit three, letter to Politico. So in response, Donald Trump revoked their continued access to the White House grounds. The DOJ says that the presidential case, Cheryl v.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What legal battle is Trump facing over the White House media ban?
0:00–5:18
2
How did the DOJ’s midnight filing attempt to overturn the 1977 precedent?
5:18–9:06
3
Why does the Justice Department claim CNN, Politico and MS Now threaten national security?
9:06–10:53
4
What specific Trump Truth Social posts were used to justify the ban?
10:53–13:04
5
How does the filing describe alleged “fake news” and its impact on the Iran war?
13:04–13:50
6
What evidence do CNN, Politico and MS Now provide that the DOJ says endangers security?
13:50–14:19