President Donald Trump is asking federal courts to let him pick and choose which media outlets get White House access and launching a legal drive to overturn a decades-old precedent that provides broad protections for journalists who work in the West Wing.
In a court filing Tuesday night, the Justice Department defended Trump’sdecision to ban POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW from the White House, describing it as a move rooted in the outlets’ publication of sensitive information.
“The President determined that Plaintiffs have failed to maintain minimum professional journalistic standards by publishing classified and national security information,” Trump's brief says.
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