JUST IN: AP Blocked from Trump's Oval Office Press Gaggle -- Ignoring Recent Court Ruling

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 14th, 2025, 12:47 pm


Despite a recent injunction reinstating access, an AP spokesperson confirmed their journalists were denied access to an Oval Office press event on Monday.

“Our journalists were blocked from the Oval Office today. We expect the White House to restore AP’s participation in the pool as of today, as provided in the injunction order,” as first reported by The Washington Post’s Jeremy Barr via social media. President Donald Trump took questions from assembled White House press corps members in an unusually contentious gaggle while sitting next to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.

The White House has refused universal access to the Associated Press over the news service’s refusal to call the body of water south of the nation long known as the “Gulf of Mexico” the “Gulf of America,” as Trump has insisted via Executive Order. AP has insisted that it is an international concern and that many of its clients are nations that do not abide by Trump’s nationalistic fiat.

On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, on April 8th, citing First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/trump/just-in-ap-blocked-from-trumps-oval-office-press-gaggle-ignoring-recent-court-ruling/

[Scrivener7]

1. That's two.

[bluestarone]

2. COURTS Better get a handle on this.

I see someone on 5th ave getting killed and NOTHING HAPPENS!!!

[DENVERPOPS]

22. Not to worry

maybe by the end of this year, the only news group admitted will be Fox News, and some Right Wing Radio Stations....

[33taw]

3. Hold the press secretary in contempt and put her in jail.

[Paladin]

8. The sooner, the better.

Or is everybody just getting used to our legal system being impotent, against the fascist excesses of the trump regime? There's nothing anywhere close to enough public and governmental blowback over these dangerous developments. We need to get busy, in a big damned hurry, before every good aspect of our country has been eliminated.

[JBTaurus83]

4. It is infuriating

to watch this play out over and over and no one does a damn thing.

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. You can thank John Roberts.

I can't believe that I actually thought he might be a good justice. Boy, was I wrong.

[William Seger]

6. If King Dunning-Kruger is going to ignore courts, then impeachment is the ONLY viable option

[PSPS]

13. Which means there is no "viable" option.

[24601]

15. POTUS was not a party to the suite. The judge also emphasized that his ruling didn't restore the previous statue quo.

Below are several paragraphs from the AP story on the case. Bolded portions are my emphasis of the article.

"Because of its wide reach, the AP has traditionally always been included in “pools” for coverage of presidential events in places like the Oval Office and Air Force One. Because of its wide reach, the AP has traditionally always been included in “pools” for coverage of presidential events in places like the Oval Office and Air Force One. McFadden cautioned that his ruling does not necessarily herald a return to those days."

“The Court does not order the government to grant the AP permanent access to the Oval Office, the East Room or any other media event,” he wrote. “It does not bestow special treatment upon the AP. Indeed, the AP is not necessarily entitled to the ‘first in line every time’ permanent press pool access it enjoyed under the (White House Correspondents Association). But it cannot be treated worse than its peer wire service either.” In other words, sometimes AP will be in the pool, and sometimes not.

Additionally, the article states, "The judge said that his decision does not prohibit a government official from choosing which outlets to give interviews to, or choosing which journalists’ questions they choose to answer at a news conference."

Full article here: https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-media-court-white-house-events-access-f346a0efe87c1dec4d6f90e6041abd09#

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. From early this morning:

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 01:37 AM: BREAKING: D.C. Circuit panel allows Judge McFadden's injunction in the Associated Press access case to go into effect.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Night owl!!!!!

(good afternoon! )

[Jim__]

9. If the media had any integrity, they'd all refuse to cover his BS unless all are allowed to cover it.

But, of course, the media has no integrity.

[Beowulf42]

11. Then every journalist who wants to be considered honest and unbiased should refuse to attend any news conference where -

reporters are refused attendance. If they don't the public will see exactly which side they are on.

[LiberalArkie]

12. Are there any DC anymore? Most are owned by the oligarchs, aren't they?

[jeffreyi]

14. This regime is mooning the courts, including the Supreme Court.

May it not work, big time.

[multigraincracker]

16. There is something WE can do.

Go to apnews.com and make a donation.

[dchill]

17. Nice Constitution you have there...

[republianmushroom]

18. No one is above the law.

[LoisB]

19. Yet neither Obama nor Biden excluded the openly hostile Fox "reporters".

[Joinfortmill]

20. Donate to them. They may be our last stand against this maniac. It's worse than you think.

He plans to send American citizens to El Salvador prisons. I just posted the text/video from professor Snyder. Watch/Listen to Rachel and Lawrence tonight.

[BadgerMom]

21. Do. something.

“Well, don’t you see how difficult it will be?”

“WHO do you expect to do something?”

“You should do something. Be the change.”

No. No. I may be throwing a tantrum. I may be having a breakdown. But, NO! I vote for, support and fully expect my elected officials and the law enforcement officials they select to do something, too. This is unacceptable. And by “this” I mean the administration’s lawlessness here and with the imposition of tariffs that are actually the responsibility of Congress and for sure over the abduction of citizens and residents who should be retrieved from foreign prisons. For the love of god, what benefits accrue to citizens and taxpayers in the US at this point?

[FirstLight]

23. Exactly 💯

Im livid that the "checks and balances" are all but disappeared...

What the hell is going on 🤬🤬🤬