CNN, MS Now, Politico Expand Suit Over White House Ban

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCNN, MS Now and Politico expanded their lawsuit against the Trump administration Wednesday, saying the White House is punishing their coverage by shutting reporters out of presidential travel.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks, this is a full-blown rotation dispute!

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCNN says it has been left off all six Air Force One assignments it was scheduled to cover since the September eighteenth ban!

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSix for six.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a bench streak, Hank!

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPolitico says it was pulled from two out-of-town assignments, and MS NOW says it's been left out of secondary television pool coverage.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe pool is a decades-old tradition where outlets take turns covering the president up close, in places like the Oval Office and Air Force One.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe outlets say they've been shut out of ninety-seven percent of about five thousand questions Trump has answered in those settings.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd a judge, Timothy Kelly, already ordered their credentials restored on September twenty-fourth! So they've got the badge, but not the bus!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe amended complaint cites the First and Fifth Amendments and asks for a permanent injunction.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTheir lawyer, Ted Boutrous, calls the exclusions an effort to punish and chill coverage the president doesn't like.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA White House official told CNN the Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President's Oval Office. That's a tough locker room!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe outlets say the suit doesn't claim an unrestricted right to the Oval Office or Air Force One.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo they're not asking to start. They just want to be on the roster!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey want a turn in the carpool.