Federal Judge Says White House Must Reinstate AP Access to Press Pool, Oval Office

A federal judge issued a ruling that the White House must reinstate Associated Press (AP) reporters’ access to the press pool and to certain places like the Oval Office and Air Force One.

District Court Judge Trevor McFadden issued a ruling on Tuesday stating that the court was granting the AP’s “relief” after it filed a lawsuit in February in response to being hit with limited access to presidential events and places such as Air Force One and the Oval Office, according to CNBC. McFadden argued that the AP’s exclusion from the press pool and certain spaces is “contrary to the First Amendment.”

McFadden explained in the ruling that while the court “grants” the Associated Press’s preliminary injunction, it “does not limit the various permissible

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