A Washington DC-based federal judge on Wednesday appeared skeptical of President Trump’s ban on CNN, Politico, and MSNOW. President Trump last Friday announced that he has banned CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House for constantly reporting “FAKE NEWS.”The outlets filed suit on Monday and are seeking an emergency order to overturn the ban.The lawsuit was assigned to US District Judge Tim Kelly, a Trump appointee.On Wednesday, Judge Kelly appeared skeptical during a hearing on Trump’s media ban. A lawyer for the outlets accused the Trump Administration of banning the news organizations “completely out of the blue” and urged the judge to immediately restore their access. “I think it is fair to say that process … wasn’t followed here, talking about predeprivation process,” Judge Kelly said, according to CNBC.Judge Kelly concluded the hearing without issuing a ruling but said he will rule ‘soon.’President Trump said he expects to lose the case even though it is assigned to one of his appointees.“…We’ll go for appeal because Fake News people and publications that only write negatively, and who violate our National Security by writing false and defamatory stories with unknown “sources” shouldn’t be allowed access to the most important Office…” Trump said.CNBC reported:A federal judge in Washington, D.C., heard arguments on Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s controversial ban of three media outlets from the White House.Judge Timothy Kelly ended the hearing without immediately ruling on a request by the outlets — MS NOW, CNN, Politico — to block Trump from continuing to bar them from the White House.“I’ll consider what you told me today. I’ll try and get you an answer as soon as I can,” Kelly told a lawyer for the outlets and a Justice Department attorney who defended the ban during the teleconference hearing that lasted about 46 minutes.The outlets, in a lawsuit against Trump, argue the ban violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects free press rights by punishing them for the content of stories they have published about Trump and his administration.DEVELOPING…The post JUST IN: Judge Appears Skeptical of Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, Politico and MSNOW – But Declines to Immediately Restore Access appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.