A federal judge said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his team have flouted his order striking down a set of Pentagon press access guidelines by trying to impose a new series of restrictions.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled last month that Hegseth’s press policy, which went into effect last year, violated the First and Fifth amendments.
But The New York Times, which challenged the policy, quickly returned to court after Hegseth’s team revised that policy with even tighter access to the complex. Among other things, the Pentagon announced that the Correspondents’ Corridor, the journalist workspaces, would be closed, with plans to move reporters to an annex outside the building. Moreover, all journalists would require an escort when they entered the building, and access would be limited to events like press conferences.
In his latest ruling, the judge wrote that he “has no choice but to
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