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Media Outlets Sue White House for Revoking Credentials

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Politico, MS NOW, and CNN are suing the White House after President Donald Trump announced he was banning the three outlets.

“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 news organizations said. “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 seemingly responded to news of the lawsuit in a Monday post.

“The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America,”........

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