CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business
New York (CNN)CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s access to the White House.
The lawsuit is a response to the White House’s suspension of Acosta’s press pass, known as a Secret Service “hard pass,” last week. The suit alleges that Acosta and CNN’s First and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated by the ban.
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning.
Both CNN and Acosta are plaintiffs in the lawsuit. There are six defendants: Trump, chief of staff John Kelly, press secretary Sarah Sanders, deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine, Secret Service director Randolph Alles, and the Secret Service officer who took Acosta’s hard pass away last Wednesday.
The six defendants are all named because of their roles in enforcing and announcing Acosta’s suspension.
Sanders responded to the suit by saying that CNN is “grandstanding” by suing. She said the administration will “vigorously defend” itself.
Read the White House’s full response here...
Read more from CNN here…
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Here is a review of what happened between Acosta and President Trump…
Not only did Acosta disrespect the President, he ‘man-handled’ a female White House staffer. Paul Joseph Watson (of Info Wars fame) gets pulled into the story at this point…
So there you have it. Like a school boy Acosta got his butt verbally spanked by the teacher, and now he is running and sobbing to the Principal wanting his bruised ego stroked. After all, how can he produce quality ‘fake news’ being this emotionally distraught? (~TLB ed.)
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Don’t kick the guy out. Let him attend every press conference. Just NEVER allow him to ask any questions. NEVER call on him when he raises his hand. Ignore him completely; most of the U.S. ignores him.