> he never revoked their press badges or used government powers to stifle their ability to report on him

He absolutely did. The selective memory of those who are so vehemently against Trump just makes that side seem ridiculous and disingenuous.

The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists, more than all previous administrations combined.

The Obama Justice Department seized the records of phone lines that Associated Press employees used. AP confirmed that the records were from personal home and cell phones of reporters and editors, as well as phones that AP used in the press quarters of the House of Representatives. ABC, CNN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Committee for Freedom of the Press, submitted a letter of protest to Attorney General Eric Holder about the raid.