New York Times Sues Pentagon for a Second Time
The Times is challenging a new requirement that reporters covering the military complex have an official escort, part of a broader legal challenge to the Pentagon’s press restrictions.
The New York Times on Monday accused the Defense Department of violating the First Amendment by requiring journalists to have an official escort at all times when visiting the Pentagon.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, is the second time the newspaper has sued over the Trump administration’s restrictions on reporters who cover the military complex.
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