Press pass: CNNs Acosta floors Trump, White House in court
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acosta held onto it and raised an arm to shield it in the process making contact with the aide. pardon me maam he said to her1 a u.s. judge has ordered the white house to restore access to a reporter of the cnn who was barred from the seat of power1 the donald trump-appointed judge timothy j. kelly ruled in favor of cnns acosta allowing the networks star reporter to temporarily regain access to his white house press credential1 i will grant the application for the temporary restraining order i order the [government] reinstate the pass. judge timothy j. kelly said1 the move to punish acosta by removing his access to the white house is believed to be unprecedented1 the trump administration barred another cnn reporter from attending an open media event in july but until now has not gone as far as removing a credential known as a hard pass which enables a journalist to enter the white house grounds1 press secretary sarah sanders cited acostas brief confrontation with a white house press aide during trumps midday news conference as the reason for suspending his press pass until further notice1 during the 90-minute session at the white house trump snapped at acosta after the reporter asked whether the president had demonized immigrants by calling a caravan of central american migrants an invasion1 after a long and tense back-and-forth a female white house intern tried to take the microphone from acosta1 the white house suspended the press credentials of cnn reporter jim acosta on wednesday november 7 hours after president trump took issue with questions acosta asked at a news conference1 [youre a very rude person. thats enough. sit down. trumps news conference turns hostile.]1 after their exchange trump told acosta cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. you are a rude terrible person. you shouldnt be working for cnn1 youre a very rude person. the way you treat sarah huckabee is horrible. and the way you treat other people are horrible. you shouldnt treat people that way1 on wednesday night sanders accused acosta of placing his hands on a young woman and said it was on those grounds that acostas press pass was being suspended1 president trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough questions of him and his administration sanders said in a statement1 we will however never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a white house intern1 this conduct is absolutely unacceptable. it is also completely disrespectful to the reporters colleagues not to allow them an opportunity to ask a question1 video of the exchange showed otherwise. on twitter acosta responded to the press secretarys statement with simply this is a lie1