The three news outlets that President Donald Trump banned from the White House last week are filing a First Amendment lawsuit in a bid to restore their access. In a joint statement on Monday, CNN, Politico and MS NOW said: "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. "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." In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said the three outlets would not be permitted at the White House "as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!" "Media Outlets shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they're covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America," he said. "Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow." Correspondents from the three outlets were turned away from the White House on Saturday morning. MS NOW White House correspondent Akayla Gardner said on air that her entry badge had been confiscated.
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