White House Tells Acosta He Could Be Banned Again in Two Weeks
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It looks like the battle between CNN and the White House is only just beginning.
White House officials have reportedly told CNN’s Jim Acosta that they will suspend his press pass once again at the end of the month—when the temporary restraining order that forced them to restore his credentials runs out.
On Sunday night, CNN’s Brian Stelter reported in his Reliable Sources newsletter that White House officials sent Acosta a letter stating that his pass will be snatched out of his hands again when the two-week order issued by a judge last Friday runs out.
Acosta had his credentials torn up after a row with the president at a press conference the day after the Midterm elections when Trump appeared to be in a foul mood. The White House accused the reporter of “[placing] his hands” on an intern who tried to take the microphone away from him while he was pressing Trump over inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants.
The president berated Acosta and called him a “rude, terrible person.”
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was roundly criticized after the incident when she posted a video of it which appeared to be “doctored to make Acosta look more aggressive than he was,” according to video producer Abba Shapiro.
Source:
The Daily Beast
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