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A judge earlier Thursday issued an order that their access be restored. Reporters and producers from news organizations that President Donald Trump barred from the White House were back on the grounds after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to restore their passes. Earlier Thursday, the lawyer for media organizations 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. Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the government to respond to the plaintiffs' notice of non-compliance by 12:30 p.m. Thursday. In a declaration submitted by the White House in response to Kelly's order, officials said that access had been restored as of 9:55 a.m. Around noon on Thursday, the outlets reported that they were beginning to be granted access to the White House grounds. CNN reporter Betsy Klein, who had her hard pass taken on Saturday, and others, walked through a White House gate shortly after noon after her hard pass was given back to her.
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A judge earlier Thursday issued an order that their access be restored. Reporters and producers from news organizations that President Donald Trump barred from the White House were back on the grounds after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to restore their passes. Earlier Thursday, the lawyer for media organizations 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. Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the government to respond to the plaintiffs' notice of non-compliance by 12:30 p.m. Thursday. In a declaration submitted by the White House in response to Kelly's order, officials said that access had been restored as of 9:55 a.m. Around noon on Thursday, the outlets reported that they were beginning to be granted access to the White House grounds. CNN reporter Betsy Klein, who had her hard pass taken on Saturday, and others, walked through a White House gate shortly after noon after her hard pass was given back to her.
