Judge Orders White House to Restore Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico; TV Pool Coverage Remains Disrupted

The useful part

Judge Orders White House to Allow Reporters Back In, Pool Coverage Still MIA. Stopperich said the White House began restoring badges at 7:10 a.m., and Secret Service said that badges were "turned back on" at 9:07 a.m. A Secret Service agent told the POLITICO reporter who had his "hard pass" confiscated Thursday morning that he was not cleared to enter but might be able to with a temporary day pass.

How it works

• Press, which is not part of the network TV pool, provided video coverage of the leaders at a military review in the Rose Garden, and planned to film an event later on Thursday at the North Portico.
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• The result, on Thursday, was a bizarre spectacle: a president hosting China's top leader, Xi Jinping, for a pomp-filled summit at the White House, with Chinese state television on-hand but no American...
• The temporary passes are granted to journalists who do not hold what are known as "hard passes," which grant permanent access to press facilities at the White House.
• Advertisement Today's ruling is just a TRO which allows the reporters access for two weeks while the underlying case over their access proceeds.

What to take from it

The news outlets clearly knew about the judge's order (which happened around 1 AM) so why wasn't pool coverage in place for today? The White House still wasn't letting these outlets in this morning and the news outlets still weren't doing the pool coverage they should have resumed once the judge issued his order. Other outlets had refused to provide regular pool access in protest of the three outlets being banned.

Example or evidence

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• It's not clear if that will include this TRO which is set to expire in two weeks.
• There was some excitement this morning as the Chinese press jockeyed for position at the White House.
• Chaos ahead of Xi Jinping's arrival at the White House as the travelling Chinese press corps push and shove their way into position.

Details worth keeping

Secret Service, and some had their press credentials seized. For whatever reason the reporters didn't actually get in until noon. Politico reported one of their reporters had his credentials confiscated.

Related coverage

• Nytimes: A judge ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on three media outlets, but it took several hours for them to get back in. The White House TV pool remains suspended.
• Columbian: The U.S. network video pool for the White House was back in operation Friday, for the first time since President Donald Trump banned three news outlets in a high-profile showdown over media access.