A Federal Judge of the United States refused to order the White House at the moment to restore the access of The Associated Press news agency to the events of President Donald Trump after a lawsuit for the use of “Gulf of Mexico.”
A federal judge on Monday denied a request for Associated Press To restore the full access of the news agency journalists after President Donald Trump's government forbidden to continue referring to the Gulf of Mexico in their coverage.
The United States District Judge Trevor McFadden, appointed by the Republican president, refused to immediate Washington.
McFadden said that the restriction in “more private areas” used by the president was different from previous cases in which the courts have prevented government officials from revoking access to journalists.
“I can't say that AP He has demonstrated a probability of success in this case, “McFadden said.
The means of communication demanded three Trump's high rank advisers on Friday, arguing that the decision to block their reporters from those places violates the protections of the first amendment of the United States Constitution against the government restriction of expression when dealing with to dictate the language they use when informing.
Trump government lawyers argued in a judicial presentation that AP He has no constitutional right to what he called “special access to the president.”
The White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, in a previous statement he had described the demand for AP as a “shameless public relations trick.”
During an appearance last week at the Constitution of Conservative Political Action, the Press Secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said: “We believe that we are right in this position.”
Leavitt is one of the three White House officials appointed in the lawsuit. The other two, the Cabinet Chief Susan Wiles and the Taylor Budowich Cabinet Subrizage, have not responded to comments requests.
Trump signed a decree last month that orders the Department of Interior of the United States to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for that of the Gulf of America. AP He said in January that he would continue to use the traditional name of the Gulf in his articles, while recognizing Trump's efforts to change it.
In response, the White House prohibited access to its journalists, which prevents them from seeing and listening to Trump and other high -ranking officials of the White House when they take measures of journalistic interest or respond in real time to news events.
The White House Correspondents Association said in a legal letter of support to AP that the prohibition “will cool and distort the president's news coverage to the public's detriment.” Reuters issued a statement in support of AP.