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

Record ID: 1363463

  • 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 DONALD TRUMP LISTENING AS CNN REPORTER JIM ACOSTA, SAYS: ACOSTA: "Thank you Mr. President. I wanted to challenge you on one of the statements that you made in the tail end of the campaign in the midterms." (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTING TO ACOSTA AND GETTING INTO THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGE: TRUMP: Here we go. ACOSTA: that this caravan was an invasion. TRUMP: I consider it to be an invasion. ACOSTA: As you know, Mr. President, the caravan is not an invasion. It's a group of migrants moving up from Central America towards the border with the U.S. TRUMP: Thank you for telling me that. ACOSTA: Why did you characterize it as such? TRUMP: Because I consider it an invasion. You and I have a difference of opinion. ACOSTA: Do you think that you demonized immigrants in this election? TRUMP: No, not at all. I want them to come into the country but they have to come in legally. You know, they have to come in through a process. I want it to be a process. And I want people to come in and we need the people. ACOSTA: Your campaign. TRUMP: Wait, wait! You know why we need the people, don't you? Because we have hundreds of companies moving in. We need the people."
  • 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: LVA00295NAREV
  • 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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