Trump Faces RUDE AWAKENING on DESPERATE White House PRESS BAN

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What happens when a President decides which journalists are allowed through the White House gates? Today, reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were denied entry to the White House and had their credentials disabled or confiscated, one day after President Trump announced that he was banning the three organizations because of coverage he calls “fake news.” Trump has also suggested that additional news organizations could face similar treatment. Legal AF presents an important conversation on press freedom, the First Amendment, and the legal and practical ways journalists and institutions can respond to government restrictions on press access. Moderated by Paul R. Kiesel, with Gretchen Carlson, Quinta Jurecic, Mary McCord, Elisa Lees Muñoz and Stephanie Sugars. What does the Constitution protect? What legal remedies are available? And what happens when access to the government becomes conditioned on whether the President approves of your reporting? A timely Legal AF special discus