Guess what? Kelly was appointed to the bench by Trump. Will he be treated to the Jeff Sessions treatment?A federal judge has ruled in favor of CNN and temporarily restored White House press access for reporter Jim Acosta, in a blow to the Trump administration.
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On Friday, US district judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to restore Acosta’s “hard pass” immediately. He warned that this was a temporary measure while the case continues, but said he found it likely that CNN would succeed in its claim that its Fifth Amendment rights to due process were violated.
Kelly also said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders’ initial statement on the reasons for revoking Acosta’s pass, were “likely untrue and at least partly based on evidence that was of questionable accuracy”
The Guardian
LOL. They COULD. They just wouldn't. We all know it was the orange whinger.Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, did not address the first amendment’s protections for freedom of speech and the press on Friday, but instead focused on a due process provision of the US constitution that provides for fair treatment through a judicial or administrative process.
“Whatever process occurred within the government is still so shrouded in mystery that the government at oral argument could not tell me who made the initial decision to revoke Mr Acosta’s press pass,” Kelly said in his verbal ruling.
No you won't. Because then you couldn't favor Fox and the Christian News reporters.“We will also further develop rules and processes to ensure fair and orderly press conferences in the future,” Sanders said.
Pretty sure the White House will quietly seek to settle. Don't imagine CNN will play along.“I want to emphasize the very limited nature of today’s ruling,” he said in the courtroom. “This doesn’t end the legal battle over Acosta’s access to the White House, it simply means that it is restored for now.”
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE:
Yeah, I think that's been pretty obvious for quite a while.
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