White House suspends CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass after heated exchange with Trump

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CNN elderly White House reporter Jim Acosta’s “hard pass” press credentials has been suspended “until farther observation, ” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. The decision comes after a tense standoff between Acosta and President Donald Trump during a press conference on Wednesday. During the press conference, Trump evaded a few questions from Acosta when a White House intern ambled up to take his microphone apart. Acosta held on to the microphone. Sanders suggested Acosta had laid mitts on the intern. Acosta said the White House’s account of the accident is “a lie.”

CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s press credentials has been suspended “until further see, ” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a declaration on Wednesday evening.

The decision comes after a tense standoff between Acosta and President Donald Trump during a press conference on Wednesday, one day after the 2018 midterm elections.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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