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A federal judge blocked officials from enforcing Trump’s Sept. 18 revocation of White House hard passes for CNN, MS NOW and Politico while the lawsuit proceeds.
Justice Department confirmed an antitrust investigation into ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News over the White House pool suspension; no charges have been filed.
Judge Timothy Kelly said at a Sept. 23 hearing that the required due-process procedure wasn’t followed in the White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico; he later issued a preliminary injunction.