Trump Judge Denies AP’s Request To Enforce His Order

ABC News reports:

A federal judge in Washington on Friday denied a request from The Associated Press to enforce his order requiring the White House to restore the outlet’s full access to President Trump. Lawyers for The A.P. had accused the White House of defying the order, at first by continuing to bar its journalists from presidential events, then by issuing a policy eliminating the regular, permanent spot in the press pool shared by three independent newswires.

The judge who ruled on Friday, Trevor N. McFadden of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, who was appointed by Mr. Trump, said that he needed more time to determine whether the new policy was discriminatory. For now, he said, Mr. Trump and the White House could be seen as acting in “good faith” to comply with his order, with the new policy being “facially neutral.”

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