Trump personally decided to limit Associated Press’ access to White House
President Donald Trump personally decided to bar The Associated Press from some White House events and spaces, the White House said in court documents Monday.
The decision to grant journalists “special access” is a “quintessentially discretionary presidential choice,” government lawyers wrote in a 23-page brief submitted in advance of an emergency court hearing Monday afternoon.
“As the Associated Press itself reported, the President himself made the decision to terminate its access,” the administration noted.
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