as a precedent that would affect cnn and other news outlets. i wanted to bring back jessica because the judge in his commentary in there did take down some of the government s, the white house s arguments, saying it was of questionable accuracy that jim acosta, for instance, placed his hands on the intern, but also said very, very explicitly that it would have caused irreparable harm to acosta and cnn to keep that pass revoked. so some fairly strong words from the judge, even in what was a limited ruling. right. exactly. and the judge here really had to follow the case law in the d.c. circuit. one of the overriding cases was from a journalist that was excluded from the white house back in the 1960s and 1970s. so the judge had to strictly adhere to that ruling. and the judge made the point that while the white house has said that cnn has 50 other employees which are hard pass
house pursued and i believe appealed. based on precedent, do you see the white house continuing with this case, in effect? look at what mercedes schlapp said yesterday. she s one of the communications officials at the white house. she said we re not going to tolerate bad behavior. she said that in the present tense. we re not going to tolerate it. she also wouldn t rule out revoking press credentials for other reporters. this comes from the top. the president of the united states does not want to be questioned. he does not want to be challenged. he does not want to acknowledge what real news is. he s lashing out. he lashed out nine days ago and acosta was the victim. he also hates cnn. the fact that he s targeted cnn is relevant. there s a beauty to co-equal branches of government, and checks and balances. don t go anywhere. jessica schneider, not only our correspondent inside the courtroom, but also an attorney, is with us. what stood out to you? well, you know, this was very
at least be in his hands for a short period of time while the underlying legal arguments are determined. then emergency relief was granted. he has it now. but there will still be a court proceeding. the same judge will then make a larger decision down the road? not yet. on permanent relief. i guess the ball is really now in the white house s court. they have to decide. now, in a sane world, i think, what would happen is jim acosta would have a meeting with the white house communications director. and the director would say let s knock it off. let s lower the temperature here. let s, you know, behave like adults. then the whole thing would be dropped. that s a sane world. let s dismiss the sane world. that s how this would operate in a rational world. here s a question to both of you on that front. even if that s the case and that solves the issue between jim acosta, you know, and cnn and the white house on this front, this is, again, a bigger case,
one the trump administration, as you mentioned, poppy and jim, the answer to special counsel robert mueller s questions could be at the special counsel s office as soon as today. okay. sarah westwood, thanks very much. let s discuss with rick santorum, former senator from pennsylvania, and symone sanders, cnn political commentator as well. senator santorum, the president, his lawyers, they got what they wanted. they got the take-home test in effect. written questions they would reply written answers to. now we hear the president s lawyer rudy giuliani is complaining about some of those written questions. he calls them unnecessary. he goes on to say there are some that create more issues for us legally than others. why can t the president of the united states answer written questions from a special counsel? well, he will. he s in the process of doing so. and i think he will answer them. obviously, you know, director mueller is someone who is a pretty smart cookie when it comes to
so i hate to say it, but it probably takes a little longer. i m going to write the phrase down, the president can depart from the truth sometimes. i said that more than once. if i can be a little more blunt, i think the president has lied. and is a loan liar and lies about small things, things that folks don t even know why he chooses to lie about them, and that is in fact why his lawyers are very concerned about him answering questions in person and on paper from the special counsel. let me also get you on this, because when you talk about the importance of press freedom and real news, we re about to get the ruling from the judge in the cnn case against the white house in terms of press access. we have also learned overnight that the president s top pick right now, the person our reporting has him leaning to to potentially pick to be the u.n. ambassador for the u.s., heather nauert, was asked about how dictators around the world have used this fake news rallying cry, sort of e