'Blatant violation' of rights: News outlets file lawsuit over Trump ban – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

‘Blatant violation’ of rights: News outlets file lawsuit over Trump ban  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

The outlets described the ban as a "direct assault" on the First Amendment. The three news outlets banned from the White House by President Donald Trump on Monday filed a First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access. CNN, MS NOW and Politico are seeking a temporary restraining order demanding the White House restore their reporters' credentials after Trump announced the ban on Friday. In a joint statement on Monday, the three news outlets said the lawsuit aims to "protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes." "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," the statement said. Trump said in a social media post following the news on Monday that the barring of journalists was not "an assault on the Free Press" but instead "an assault on the FAKE NEWS," which he claimed was a national security "threat." Later Monday at a news conference after meeting with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York, where he will speak at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump and the mayor were asked about the ban with Trump saying, "It's