Defending Journalism: White House Correspondent Initiates Lawsuit, Sues Karine Jean-Pierre
On Thursday evening, Simon Ateba, a correspondent for Today News Africa at the White House, initiated legal action against White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and the U.S. Secret Service for their decision to deactivate his hard pass. Ateba alleges that Jean-Pierre violated his First Amendment right to press freedom and the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause by revoking his pass along with other journalists from smaller, non-corporate media outlets. These hard passes grant access …