A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to immediately restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, prominent media outlets that the president banned last week.

Timothy Kelly, a Trump-appointed judge for the US District Court in Washington, DC, granted the media outlets’ request for a temporary restraining order as the legal fight continues. Kelly ruled that the outlets showed “a likelihood of success” on their claim that the president’s ban and revocation of reporters’ press credentials violated the Fifth Amendment’s due process protections.

The judge rejected the Trump administration’s claim that the president’s ban on the three outlets was necessary to protect national security.

“The court is skeptical—at least on this record—that defendants’ interest in safeguarding national security is the actual motivation for, or is even advanced by, the revocation of plaintiffs’ hard passes,” Kelly wrote. “The record lacks factual support for defendants’ contention that the revocation of plaintiffs’ hard passes will in fact protect national security or that national security will be endangered if the court orders their passes reinstated while this litigation proceeds.”

Trump’s initial announcement of the ban, on September 18, said nothing about national security. The president vaguely accused the outlets he has long attacked of publishing “FICTION and LIES.”

In letters submitted to the court as part of the ongoing legal fight over the ban, the White House press office cited examples of reporting from the three outlets that it claimed damaged US national security.

In its letter to CNN, the White House points to the outlet’s reporting on “construction details related to the East Wing bunker” and a story on the US military’s bombing of an Iranian elementary school.

Ted Boutrous, the lawyer representing the news outlets, welcomed Kelly’s decision to grant the temporary restraining order, which will be in effect for 14 days.

“This is a strong ruling vindicating freedom of the press, due process, and the rule of law,” Boutrous said. “We greatly appreciate the court’s swift action.”

Kelly ordered the Trump administration to “immediately return, reinstate, and restore” White House press passes to reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico.

It’s unclear how swiftly the news outlets will resume their typical coverage of the White House following the judge’s order. Earlier this week, a White House event was broadcast with no audio after the administration dropped CNN from its TV press pool duties, prompting other major networks to ditch pool coverage in solidarity with CNN.

On Wednesday, when Trump greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping upon his arrival in the US, no major TV network captured the moment.

“Other television outlets whose crews were present, according to signs on their tripods and cameras, were NewsNation, Newsmax, Right Side Broadcasting Network, One America News, and LindellTV,” The Associated Press reported.

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