CNN: White House's move to pull Acosta's press pass was based on 'fraudulent accusations'

Source: The Hill | November 7, 2018 | Justin Wise

CNN on Wednesday night slammed the White House for pulling the press credentials for its Chief White House Correspondent, Jim Acosta, accusing White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders of making “fraudulent accusations.” 

The statement from the news network came just moments after the Trump administration announced that it had suspended Acosta’s press credentials, claiming that Acosta became physical with a young female intern during his exchange with President Trump.

Sanders cited Acosta’s refusal to hand a microphone to a young staffer who tried to take it from him as he asked a question of the president. She claimed that Acosta’s conduct was unacceptable.  


Trump held a news conference on Wednesday to discuss Tuesday’s midterm elections, among other things. During a question and answer period, the president became visibly frustrated with Acosta’s questioning about a migrant caravan.



Footage of Acosta and the president’s interaction shows a White House intern trying to take a microphone from the reporter, which the CNN reporter initially refused to give up. Acosta’s hand appeared to brush the intern’s arm during the exchange.


Acosta, in a tweet, called Sanders’s claim a lie. 

White House Correspondents’ Association President Olivier Knox called the decision “out of line to the purported offense and is unacceptable.”



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