The attorney general also asserted that the president could choose who did and did not travel with him on Air Force One. CNN had to travel with Asset as part of the rotating television press pool on Saturday, but the White House blocked him from attending.
“The president has every right to decide who travels on his plane,” White said.
Saturday morning, Asset wrote on Truth Social“FAKE NEWS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE!!! »
THE Air Force One restriction came at the end of the week that saw U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly grant a temporary restraining order to restore access to the White House for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW.
Kelly ordered that the journalists’ accreditations be returned for at least two weeks while further litigation takes place.
Among other things, Kelly expressed skepticism about the White House’s assertion that national security was at stake if the three media outlets continued to have access to the White House.
“The Court is skeptical – at least on this case – that the defendants’ interest in safeguarding national security is the real motivation”, Kelly wrote.
In a controversial ABC interview segment, White said Raddatz there was an element of national security to Trump’s ban since the press gave a bad image of the United States in the eyes of our friends and allies abroad.
“It’s for the protection of our country” White said, “so that when foreign leaders, foreign governments and citizens around the world hear what is happening inside the administration, it turns out to be accurate. »
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