A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration overnight to immediately restore access for news organizations that President Donald Trump banned from the complex last week.
MS NOW and CNN said their reporters were also denied entry. The three outlets have been barred from the White House since Saturday, following an order from Trump to do so “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!”
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a temporary restraining order early Thursday morning mandating that the administration restore the organizations’ access for at least two weeks while further litigation plays out.
Trump may be personally immune from prosecution, but no one underneath him is. Anyone flouting the judge’s order to restore access could be held in contempt, potentially all the way down to whoever is physically blocking them at the entrance. So let’s not say there’s nothing that can be done.
Edit: I should also mention that as of this edit, it appears that access has been restored by the White House.
This. Who specifically denied them entry? Names. That’s the first person arrested. Then the next. Then the next. Live streamed. Crowds gather. Dogs and cats living together.
Trump may be too self-absorbed to care, but he could try to get around that by going, “If anyone tries to arrest you, shoot them”.