Press Outlets Ask Court to Make Trump Access Order Permanent
CNN, MS Now and Politico say the White House is defying a judge's orders by keeping them from covering President Donald Trump.
Three news organizations, CNN, MS Now and Politico, have asked a federal court to make permanent an order concerning their access to President Donald Trump, ABC News reported. According to that report, the three outlets are telling the court that the White House is defying a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering the president.
The New York Times reported that the same three outlets have updated their lawsuit against Trump over White House access. In the updated filing, the outlets argued that they should be granted access to the White House reporting pools, according to the report by Erik Wemple.
The two accounts describe the filing in different terms. The Times framed it as an updated lawsuit, while ABC News framed it as a request that the court make an access order permanent. ABC News spelled the outlet's name MSNOW, while the Times used MS Now, but both accounts identify the same three outlets as the parties behind the filing.
The New York Times and ABC News agree on the central claim: the outlets are asking a federal court to act on their access to Trump. Neither report, as available for this story, describes a response from the White House to the updated request.
Sources: The New York Times: CNN, MS Now and Politico Update Lawsuit Against Trump Over White House Access; ABC News: CNN, MSNOW and Politico ask court to make Trump access order permanent.