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Trump attacks reporters, judge over White House press ban in midnight posts

After banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, Trump used a midnight Truth Social tirade to attack Kaitlan Collins and the judge hearing the outlets' lawsuit.

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What to know

  • Trump escalated a weekend White House press ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico with a midnight Truth Social attack calling reporters 'sick, treasonous, and demented.'
  • He singled out CNN's Kaitlan Collins for covering the UN General Assembly despite the ban, and attacked U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who is overseeing the outlets' lawsuit against the ban.
  • The Justice Department filed a legal defense of the ban the same night, while networks suspended TV pool coverage in protest, though they say they will keep covering the president.

“All of the SLEAZEBAGS, like Third Rate 'Reporter,' Kaitlan Collins, of Fake News CNN, a truly unhappy person, said they weren't going to be covering me. Then why were they ranting and raving like Lunatics, in the Press Area, at the United Nations? Why was she there?”

Donald Trump, U.S. President · Truth Social (via HuffPost) ↗ · Sep 22

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Trump attacks reporters, judge over White House press ban in midnight posts
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Sep 23yesterdaynow · 2:13 PM ET
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    Justice Department files legal defense of the media ban

    Trump's Justice Department submitted a legal filing Tuesday night attempting to justify the White House press ban amid the pending lawsuit.

    • Poor guy must have a really hard time sleeping all alone, frightened. Does anyone care about his tantrums, other than the countries he bombs, the citizens he robs, and the crimes he commits? - o, wait - that’s everyone but his family and friends - flip away, Trump - give yourself an aneurism!

      Traghornr/politics2d agoview on r/politics ↗
  2. background

    Trump attacks Judge Timothy Kelly over media lawsuit — In the same round of posts, Trump disparaged U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, whom he appointed in 2017, as 'disloyal' for having previously ruled against him in another media-related case; Kelly is overseeing the outlets' suit against the ban.

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    Trump attacks Collins, CNN and judge in midnight posts

    Just before midnight Tuesday, Trump posted on Truth Social attacking CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins for being at the UN General Assembly despite the ban, called reporters 'sick, treasonous, and demented,' then posted a video of a man dressing as a woman to mock a 'fake news' CNN reporter.

    “She's got a 'TRUMP' addiction, and so does CNN and MSDNC. They're all sick, treasonous, and demented!”
    — Donald Trump
    1. 2 outlets Trump Flips Out In Midnight Meltdown Over ‘Sick, Treasonous, And Demented’ Reporters

      first by HuffPost, 2d ago · also Yahoo News Singapore

  4. background

    News outlets sue to overturn the White House ban — The banned news organizations filed a federal lawsuit against Trump seeking to overturn the credential ban; TV pool coverage was suspended in protest, though outlets said they would still cover the president.

  5. background

    Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House — Over the weekend, Trump banned the three outlets from the White House and had the affected journalists' press credentials deactivated.