Paul FarhiVerified account

True story: Spent the day working on @cnn vs. Trump story. Went to dinner with my wife and we were discussing ins and outs of the story. Look up and see...@wolfblitzer. He said, “We had a good day.” It was like the scene in “Annie Hall:” “I have Marshall McLuhan right here.”

Of course, it’s also possible that the system aint broke. And maybe not throwing reporters out of the White House would solve the problem.

.@AriFleischer makes an interesting suggestion: Let the the White House Correspondents Assn. come up with rules for WH press conference “decorum” that WH could adopt. What say you, @OKnox?

.@acosta holds impromptu press conference on White House driveway after being reinstated by federal judge.https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1063509442933665792 …

.@seanhannity, on Tuesday: @CNN lawsuit “chock-full of abject lies and distortions." Acosta is “hyper-partisan." @Foxnews pres. Jay Wallace, on Wednesday: “Fox News supports CNN in its legal effort…[WH] passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized."

Comfort fox?https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1063487404831637504 …

Just now: "We want total freedom of the press...but you have to act with respect," Trump says in reaction to @acosta ruling. Adds that "we have the option of leaving," apparently meaning to walk away from press, if not treated with "respect...We always have the right to leave."

Clarification: Acosta has his hard pass back.

Just in: @Acosta presented his ID at the White House gate and was handed an envelope containing a pass, @agearan reports. Unknown if it’s regular (or "hard") pass, the one taken away last week. He entered, thanking the Secret Service agents, and spoke to reporters in driveway.

To clarify this tweet: Judge mentioned potential First Amendment injury in banning reporters in his decision but emphasized Fifth Amendment violation (absence of due process by White House) in his ruling.

.@CNN says @acosta could be back reporting at the White House this afternoon.

"The freedom of the press is a bedrock principle, and our democracy is strengthened when journalists challenge our leaders rather than defer to them.” --Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s speech, privacy, and technology project. 2/2

Statement from @ACLU on @acosta ruling: “Today’s decision reaffirms that no one, not even the president, is above the law. The White House surely hoped that expelling a reporter would deter forceful questioning, but the court’s ruling will have the opposite effect." 1/2

Also worth emphasizing: Judge's ruling is temporary, not permanent. Litigation continues. Ban on @acosta could be upheld after trial.