Legal analyst examines White House ban on three news outlets
NPR’s Scott Detrow spoke with legal analyst Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor, about the Trump administration’s stated rationale for banning three news outlets from the White House. The discussion focused on the administration’s national security defence of the press restriction.
NPR’s Scott Detrow interviewed Andrew Weissmann about the Trump administration’s rationale for banning three news outlets from the White House. Weissmann, whom NPR identified as a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, discussed the administration’s national security defence of the press ban. The supplied material does not identify the three outlets, explain the administration’s stated grounds in detail, or describe the legal status of the restriction.
It also does not include Weissmann’s assessment or any response from the affected news organisations. NPR presented the exchange as an examination of how national security arguments are being used to justify the administration’s decision.
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