Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
Oct 16, 2026 · 17 min · 10 segments
Judge Timothy Kelly issued a preliminary injunction putting a stop to Trump unconstitutional retaliation against CNN, MS NOW and Politico. And the judge said there is NO evidence that Trump's ban of…
Adam KlasfeldGuest
Glenn KirschnerHost
[instrumental music] So let me circle back a little bit, because what Judge Kelly did was, first of all, he used all of Donald Trump's own words and posts against him.
Because Donald Trump said for the first couple of days, and I'm paraphrasing here, "I don't like all the negative stories and the fake news that these journalists and these news organizations write about me." And he said nothing about national security or a compromise of classified information.
So I think everybody at the Department of Justice and in the Trump administration probably recognized, ooh, that's kind of unconstitutional, the reason that Donald Trump gave.
And as you say, they go over, they get this sworn statement, this declaration from this press secretary over at the Department of Defense, and you've laid out her history and her proclivities, her statements.
And even after they provided that declaration, here is what Judge Kelly said: "There is no evidence in the record that President Trump made the decision to revoke these journalists' hard passes on national security grounds from the get-go, nor at any time has he directly stated that national security was the reason for his decision, and Kingsley Wilson's declaration did nothing to forward the national security bullshit ball." So it's nice to see that a Trump-appointed judge, Judge Timothy Kelly, is holding strong, is, you know, trying to keep the Trump administration from violating the constitutional rights of these journalists and news organizations.
[instrumental music] So let me circle back a little bit, because what Judge Kelly did was, first of all, he used all of Donald Trump's own words and posts against him.
Because Donald Trump said for the first couple of days, and I'm paraphrasing here, "I don't like all the negative stories and the fake news that these journalists and these news organizations write about me." And he said nothing about national security or a compromise of classified information.
So I think everybody at the Department of Justice and in the Trump administration probably recognized, ooh, that's kind of unconstitutional, the reason that Donald Trump gave.
And as you say, they go over, they get this sworn statement, this declaration from this press secretary over at the Department of Defense, and you've laid out her history and her proclivities, her statements.
And even after they provided that declaration, here is what Judge Kelly said: "There is no evidence in the record that President Trump made the decision to revoke these journalists' hard passes on national security grounds from the get-go, nor at any time has he directly stated that national security was the reason for his decision, and Kingsley Wilson's declaration did nothing to forward the national security bullshit ball." So it's nice to see that a Trump-appointed judge, Judge Timothy Kelly, is holding strong, is, you know, trying to keep the Trump administration from violating the constitutional rights of these journalists and news organizations.
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