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The WHCA statement says the president described his planned action in the Oval Office as a ban on the free press. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Statement on White House position on CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:987bc7cfff3a2967b92ede58177576a5de141f8214ece0008ae63e07c4a813ef

The president said it plainly in the Oval Office, describing his own planned action as a “ban on the free press.”