The three far-left news outlets banned from entering the White House have followed through on their legal threats against President Trump, and the commander-in-chief is determined to fight back.
CNN boasted on their website this morning that it, MSNOW, and POLITICO have filed what they call a “critical First Amendment lawsuit” in the form of an emergency request to regain their access to the White House.
CNN further elaborates that this emergency request will go before a federal judge in the DC District Court. Hearings and legal arguments could begin as soon as this week.
The full announcement from the three leftist news outlets reads as follows:
This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a more blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles,” the outlets said in a draft of their lawsuit, which is asking the court to act immediately to revive their journalists’ access to the White House.
This 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, the three news organizations said in a joint statement on Monday.
Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting. Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.
Trump responded to the lawsuit with his trademark fire. In particular, he called the fake News media a cancer that is a threat to our national security.
“The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish,” Trump wrote. “It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America.”
“It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control,” he added. “It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW!”
“Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
The Gateway Pundit reported on Friday that Trump announced on Truth Social that he had banned CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House for constantly reporting “FAKE NEWS.”
Trump later followed through on his promise. Reporters at the three outlets were left stunned when they attempted to enter the White House grounds, only to find that their press passes did not work (the passes were also confiscated).
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