A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the full access of the Associated Press to President Trump, concluding that the effort to prohibit the objections to his coverage violated the first amendment.
The ordinance brought a blow to Mr. Trump, who, in the departure of the decades of tradition, decided to take advantage of access to presidential events to affirm a more direct control over the way in which press organizations cover his administration. Trump officials began to prevent the outlet from physically covering the events with the president in February, citing the refusal of the loss of the bearing nose to adopt the change of name of the Gulf of Mexico by the administration in the Gulf of America.
The point of sale has continued, the dispute raises profound questions about the role of independent media in the cover of presidential administrations and the lasting implications of Mr. Trump’s efforts to revitalize the White House press.
In a strongly written opinion, Judge Trevor N. McFadden of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia wrote that the Trump administration had to “immediately cancel their denial of point of view” of the Associated Press of presidential events.
“The government on several occasions characterizes the request of the AP as a request for additional additional access”. But that’s not what the AP is asking for, and this is not what the court orders, “he wrote. “All that the AD wants, and everything he gets is a level playground.”
A few moments after having expressed the opinion, judge McFadden interrupted his own order to take effect until Sunday, giving the government five days to file an emergency appeal. The injunction he ordered would remain in place until the end of the case, or a higher court intervenes.
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