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CNN threatens Trump's DOJ with further legal action over Air Force One blocks

CNN is threatening President Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) with further legal action if the White House continues blocking the network from performing its duties in pool rotation. In a letter to the DOJ this week, CNN's attorney Ted Boutrous wrote “these efforts to retaliate and discriminate against CNN based on the content of its...

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