Government
Grounds access preserved; Air Force One dispute continuesRestore the press pass and keep the airplane seat in review
CNN regained access to White House grounds and is still waiting at the Air Force One door.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / White House Communications / Justice Department
- Status
- Grounds access preserved; Air Force One dispute continues
- Due
- Within the two-day response window in CNN's letter
- Paying for it
- Federal litigation budgets and the news organization
ACTIVITY
UpdatedThey sue to sit in our beautiful Briefing Room and write terrible Stories..... they LOVE the Room!
I'll follow the Order! Somebody explain why all this WINNING gets such lousy Coverage.
Legal compared the national-security explanation with the President’s original explanation.
They like our Briefing Room VERY MUCH!
Communications requested a method of improving coverage that does not create additional coverage of a court defeat.
Everything I do is Terrible, then they SUE to come back for more?? If my Restaurant was terrible you wouldn't go to a Judge demanding a Table, you'd eat somewhere else! Think about it.
Communications confirmed that the injunction covers White House grounds, not every presidential travel space.
The Pass is not the Plane!
CNN's attorney documented four trips where it was the scheduled television pool network and was excluded.
Four times? Maybe the Schedule was Fake. We have many excellent Cameras, some of them show me much better.
The letter gave the White House two days to respond before CNN considers returning to court.
Another Court, another Letter, they spend more time trying to cover me than covering me..... and then the Coverage is TERRIBLE!
Give them an Answer. Do not give them my Seat, that's the Presidential Seat and it has excellent legroom.
PUBLIC RECORD
On October 13, Judge Timothy Kelly granted a preliminary injunction preserving White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico. He found that Trump’s stated objections to their coverage indicated unlawful viewpoint discrimination, rather than the national-security rationale government lawyers later offered. The underlying lawsuit continues. CNN's lawyer said in an October 20 letter that the White House had excluded CNN from Air Force One pool coverage on four trips even though CNN was the scheduled television pool network. The existing preliminary injunction restored access to White House grounds while the lawsuit continues. CNN gave the White House two days to respond and said it may return to court. The Justice Department did not respond to AP's request for comment.