Judge orders Trump White House to lift access restrictions on Associated Press | Trump administration

On Tuesday, an American judge ordered the White House to restore full access to Associated Press To the presidential events, after the news agency punished its decision to continue to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage.

The American boycott judge, Trefor McFaden, who is one of the appointed in Donald Trump, requires the White House to allow AP newspapers to reach the Oval Office, the first air force and the activities held in the White House.

The White House “Snack sharply” AP reached the media events with the American president after he renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”, and the news agency did not follow its example, and he wrote to me. In a 41 -page decision.

“Under the first amendment, if the government opens its doors to some journalists – whether it is to the oval office or the eastern room or anywhere else – these doors cannot be closed to other journalists because of their views.” “The constitution does not require less.”

AP filed a lawsuit on three Trump assistants in February, on the pretext of restrictions He violated the protection of the first amendment to the United States constitution against the government’s abbreviation from speaking by trying to dictate the language they use to report the news.

Lawyers l Trump administration They argued that AP has no right to what the White House called “special access” to the president.

On the first day of his second administration, Trump The executive order signed Directing the US Department of Interior to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

AP said it would continue to use the long Gulf name in stories, while also recognizing Trump’s efforts to change it.

Jolly Piece, AP executive editor, wrote, wrote. A Wall Street Journal Op-Ed. “It is really about whether the government can control what it says.”