NEW in #AssociatedPressVBudowich – the federal case regarding #Trump's ban on #AssociatedPress reporters
Federal judge lifts White House ban on #AP
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden found that when rooms in the White House, like the Oval Office or the East Room, are opened to certain #journalists, the admin cannot block others.
#FourthEstate #FreePress #democracy #censorship #StateMedia #Propaganda #Trumpaganda
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682.47.0.pdf
![The Associated Press ("AP") moved for a preliminary injunction against the White House Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Press Secretary (collectively, "the Government"). Am. Mot. Preliminary Inj., ECF No. 27. It sought to enjoin the Government from denying the AP access to the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other limited spaces because of the AP's viewpoint. The Court granted the AP's preliminary injunction request. Mem. Order, ECF No. [46]. The Court now, on its own motion, stays its Memorandum Order imposing a preliminary injunction through April 13, 2025, to provide the Government time to seek an emergency stay from a higher court and to prepare to implement the Court's injunction. This stay automatically dissolves after April 13, absent further relief from a higher court. For this reason, it is hereby ORDERED that the Court's [46] Memorandum Order Granting Plaintiff's [27] Amended Motion for Preliminary Injunction is STAYED through April 13, 2025. SO ORDERED. Dated: April 8, 2025 TREVOR N. McFADDEN](https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/304/429/932/130/076/original/b0a32e7c4d81044c.jpeg "The Associated Press (\"AP\") moved for a preliminary injunction against the White House Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Press Secretary (collectively, \"the Government\"). Am. Mot. Preliminary Inj., ECF No. 27. It sought to enjoin the Government from denying the AP access to the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other limited spaces because of the AP's viewpoint. The Court granted the AP's preliminary injunction request. Mem. Order, ECF No. [46]. The Court now, on its own motion, stays its Memorandum Order imposing a preliminary injunction through April 13, 2025, to provide the Government time to seek an emergency stay from a higher court and to prepare to implement the Court's injunction. This stay automatically dissolves after April 13, absent further relief from a higher court. For this reason, it is hereby ORDERED that the Court's [46] Memorandum Order Granting Plaintiff's [27] Amended Motion for Preliminary Injunction is STAYED through April 13, 2025. SO ORDERED. Dated: April 8, 2025 TREVOR N. McFADDEN")
(videos 4 & 5) oops.