Banned media orgs' lawyer says White House is violating order restoring their passes

A judge ordered that CNN, Politico and MS NOW's credentials be restored. The lawyer for media organizations that President Donald Trump barred from the White House requested an emergency hearing as early as Thursday, telling a federal judge that the government has "already repeatedly" violated his temporary restraining order after the three news organizations were denied entry into the White House earlier in the day. "Defendants have already repeatedly violated the Court’s Order. Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court set a hearing by videoconference or teleconference as soon as possible this morning," Ted Boutrous wrote. Boutrous said Thursday morning that he had reached out to counsel for the government but has not yet heard back. Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the government to respond to the plaintiffs' notice of non-compliance by 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Around noon on Thursday, the outlets reported that they were beginning to be granted access to the White House grounds. Earlier Thursday, Kelly granted CNN, Politico and MS NOW a temporary restraining order requiring the White House to restore the outlets’ hard-pass press credentials.

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