A federal court granted the Associated Press an injunction Wednesday preventing the Trump administration from excluding it from press events at the White House.
U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, ordered White House officials to rescind the denial of the AP’s access to the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other spaces based on the liberal news organization’s viewpoints.
“The AP seeks restored eligibility for admission to the press pool and limited-access press events, untainted by an impermissible viewpoint-based exclusion,” wrote McFadden.
“That is all the Court orders today: For the Government to put the AP on an equal playing field as similarly situated outlets, despite the AP’s use of disfavored terminology,” continued the judge. “The Court does not order
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