The White House on Monday after CNN’s latest blockade of journalistic coverage on Air Force One refused to allow Politico to board the presidential plane.
A Politico spokesman confirmed that the media was banned from entering the group of journalists covering the president’s trips away from home nearly a month after President Donald Trump announced on September 18th that he was stopping by. Politico, CNN and MS NOW from the White House, an action that legal experts have called unconstitutional.
The media then filed an indictment, claiming the ban violated the First and Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.
Judge Timothy J. Kelly issued a temporary order asking the Trump administration to re-establish journalists’ credentials.
Since then, the White House has repeatedly blocked CNN from traveling with Air Force One on days when it was its turn to represent television networks on the coverage team.
Now, on the day Politico’s turn to represent the press written on the coverage team, it is blocked. /Telegraphy/