Judge restores White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico

A federal judge has ordered the White House to immediately restore access to CNN, MSNOW

and Politico just days after President Trump banned all three from the White House

And this ruling came down just before one o'clock this morning. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, says the White House did not give

the journalists due process required before taking away their press credentials. The order means reporters from all three outlets can return to the White House, at least for now

Kelly's temporary order lasts 14 days while the larger case continues. And Kelly also took direct aim at one of the White House's main arguments for the ban

The administration says the outlets published reporting that raised national security concerns

But Kelly says the record doesn't back that up. Quote, nothing in the record that predates this suit suggests that the revocation of plaintiffs' hard passes was motivated by national security concerns

Kelly pointed out that when Trump first announced the ban, he didn't cite national security

He complained about what he called the outlet's untruthful and negative reporting

The ban had also disrupted the White House TV pool. After CNN was blocked from its scheduled pool duties, ABC, CBS, Fox News, and NBC joined CNN in suspending coverage

The three outlets argued Trump punished them for coverage he didn't like

In their filing, the Justice Department said the president has the authority to restrict access and pointed to national security concerns

Kelly sided with the outlets for now, saying they're likely to succeed on their due process claim

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