WH Reporter Slaps Karine Jean-Pierre, Secret Service With Lawsuit After Press Pass Is Revoked
A reporter has slapped White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and the Secret Service with a lawsuit after his press pass was revoked. Simon Ateba, the White House Correspondent for Today News Africa argues in…
A reporter has slapped White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and the Secret Service with a lawsuit after his press pass was revoked.
Simon Ateba, the White House Correspondent for Today News Africa argues in his lawsuit filed Thursday that the new press policy allowing for the revocation of a reporter’s press pass violates the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Ateba says in the lawsuit, the press does not pertain to a “small class of elite journalists, credentialed by one another.”
“Defendants violated Mr. Ateba’s First Amendment rights by changing the criteria for hard pass credentials to intentionally prevent Mr. Ateba from obtaining hard pass access,” the lawsuit says.
“Just like other White House correspondents, Mr. Ateba regularly interacts with, and requests information from, the White House