CNN, MS NOW and Politico denied access to White House despite judge’s order

• Request for hearing: CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed an emergency request for a hearing this morning after some staff were denied access to the White House despite a judge’s order that the administration temporarily restore their press badges.

• Government must respond: Judge Timothy Kelly has given the administration until 12:30 p.m. to respond to the media organizations’ filing. Kelly had ordered the Trump administration overnight to temporarily reinstate the three outlets’ access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Donald Trump.

• Access denied: CNN reporter Betsy Klein and a photojournalist were denied access to the White House grounds this morning despite multiple attempts. One CNN producer was able to enter the White House. Some staff from MS NOW and Politico were still denied access.

Overnight, judge ordered White House to restore access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico

Federal Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration to immediately reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House shortly before 1:00 a.m. on Thursday after they were banned from the premises by President Donald Trump.

Kelly found that the revocation of reporters’ press badges was done without “constitutionally adequate due process.”

“The ‘general rule’ is that ‘individuals must receive notice and an opportunity to be heard before the Government deprives them’ of a constitutionally protected interest,” Kelly wrote in his ruling citing case law.

The Trump administration didn’t notify the reporters of an opportunity to appeal his decision until days after the passes were confiscated.

Trump announced the ban of the three outlets in a social media post Friday, writing that he was kicking the news outlets out “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” and adding “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”

The three news outlets sued, requesting the ban be paused or blocked entirely. In court filings and during a hearing Wednesday, an attorney for the outlets argued the ban contradicted prior court rulings, violated due process and was issued merely because of Trump’s disdain for the journalists.

Attorneys for the administration countered, saying that Trump’s decision did include an appeals process — one that was only spelled out in letters sent to the outlets days after the ban was announced.

• 请求举行听证会：尽管法官下令政府暂时恢复记者证，但一些 CNN、MS NOW 和 Politico 的工作人员仍被拒绝进入白宫，因此 CNN、MS NOW 和 Politico 今天上午紧急请求举行听证会。

• 政府必须回应：法官蒂莫西·凯利已责令政府在下午12:30前对媒体机构提交的文件作出回应。此前，特朗普总统禁止这三家媒体进入白宫，凯利已于前一天晚上下令特朗普政府暂时恢复其进入白宫的权限。

• 拒绝进入：CNN记者贝齐·克莱因和一名摄影记者今天上午多次尝试进入白宫均被拒绝。一名CNN制片人获准进入白宫。MS NOW和Politico的部分工作人员仍然被拒绝进入。

一夜之间，法官下令白宫恢复CNN、MS NOW和Politico的访问权限。

周四凌晨 1 点前不久，联邦法官蒂莫西·凯利下令特朗普政府立即恢复 CNN、MS NOW 和 Politico 进入白宫的权限，此前这三家媒体被唐纳德·特朗普总统禁止进入白宫。

凯利发现，吊销记者证的行为没有经过“符合宪法的充分正当程序”。

凯利在裁决中援引案例法写道：“‘一般规则’是，‘政府在剥夺个人受宪法保护的利益之前，必须通知个人并给予其申辩的机会’。”

特朗普政府直到通行证被没收数日后才通知记者们有机会对他的决定提出上诉。

特朗普周五在社交媒体上发帖宣布封禁这三家媒体，他写道，他之所以将这些新闻媒体踢出去，“是因为它们不断‘报道’假新闻！”他还补充说，“其他假新闻媒体也将陆续被封禁。”

这三家新闻机构提起诉讼，要求暂停或彻底禁止该禁令。在提交给法院的文件和周三的听证会上，这些机构的律师辩称，该禁令与之前的法院裁决相悖，违反了正当程序，其颁布仅仅是因为特朗普对这些记者的蔑视。

政府律师反驳说，特朗普的决定确实包含上诉程序——只是在禁令宣布几天后发给媒体的信件中才详细说明了这一程序。