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Judge Says Trump Likely Violated First Amendment Media Access

By Drooid · Oct 10, 2026, 1:38 AM UTC · How we work

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U.S. President Donald Trump banned three media outlets from White House briefings.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said White House media access is a privilege, not a constitutional right.
A federal judge on September 24 rejected Trump’s claim that media access threatened security, calling his criticism ‘fiction and lies’.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration likely violated a Rochester, N.Y., man’s First Amendment rights after threatening prosecution.

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U.S. President Donald Trump banned three media outlets from White House briefings.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said White House media access is a privilege, not a constitutional right.
A federal judge on September 24 rejected Trump’s claim that media access threatened security, calling his criticism ‘fiction and lies’.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration likely violated a Rochester, N.Y., man’s First Amendment rights after threatening prosecution.