CNN denied access to arrivals for White House state dinner
Judge Timothy Kelly said the outlets are likely to win their due process claim and ordered access restored for 14 days.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to "immediately return, reinstate, and restore" access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit, provisionally lifting the administration's ban on the three outlets.
- Secret Service agents confiscated press credentials from the three organizations Thursday morning, initially denying them entry. The administration's actions prompted the legal challenge, with the court finding the outlets met thresholds for a temporary restraining order.
- Major networks refused to air footage of President Donald Trump without assurances that CNN would be included in the video pool. On Wednesday, 50 groups including the AP filed amicus briefs urging the court to restore access.
- Reporters regained access by early afternoon, though the process took over two hours due to badge reactivation. White House officials had initially restricted coverage to non-editorial staff despite the court's earlier ruling.
- Judge Kelly, who previously restored access for a reporter in 2018, set an Oct. 5 deadline for arguments on a preliminary injunction. He emphasized the government must establish clear conduct standards for revoking press passes.
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A U.S. federal judge had ordered Thursday the replacement of access to these media, temporarily suspending President Donald Trump's decision to exclude these media and also the online newspaper Politico
The state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House offered a paradoxical image of Donald Trump's policy towards the media: while many Chinese journalists were coming...
CNN and MS NOW regained access to the White House. However, according to their reporters, they were not allowed to observe the arrival of China's head of state Xi Jinping to the State Dinner.
DR's US correspondent Trine Maria Ilsøe calls the television coverage of the state dinner with Xi and Trump "a cold version" after the major American networks boycotted the joint camera coverage in protest against the exclusion of CNN.
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