Video of CNN reporter interaction with intern that prompted White House to revoke press credentials

Record ID: 1363462

  • Title: Video of CNN reporter interaction with intern that prompted White House to revoke press credentials
  • Date: 8th November 2018
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 7, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES TO TELL ACOSTA IN THE SAME EXCHANGE: "They weren't actors. Well it's true. Do you think they were actors? They weren't actors, they didn't come from Hollywood. These were, these were people, this was an actual, you know, it happened a few days ago and.”
  • Embargoed: 22nd November 2018 14:10
  • Keywords: Jim Acosta 'sit down' White House news conference Donald Trump CNN microphone media intern reporters
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00495NAREV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The White House has revoked the press pass for CNN's White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, after a fiery exchange with U.S. President Donald Trump where the White House alleges Acosta ''placed his hands'' on an intern who tried to take the microphone from him.
    During the news conference, which stretched close to 90 minutes, things quickly turned raucous when some reporters pushed him on whether his campaign rhetoric on migrants from Central America was divisive - and on developments in a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and any coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
    Trump aggressively pushed back.
    "CNN should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them," Trump told CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, who wrestled with a White House staffer who forcibly pulled the microphone from his hands.
    "You are a rude, terrible person," Trump told Acosta.
    In a statement, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders called Acosta's behavior "absolutely unacceptable" and said his White House press pass would be suspended "until further notice."
    Sanders accused Acosta of "placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern" and of preventing other reporters from asking questions at the news conference.
    Acosta said in a tweet late on Wednesday (November 7) he had been denied entry into the White House by the Secret Service. He called the White House accusations "a lie."
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