Justice and CNN fight over Jim Acosta's press pass

Press Pbadport. The Associated Press has teamed up with a group of 12 other news agencies, including Fox News, to file an amicus brief on Wednesday for CNN. (Reuters Photo)

The administration of President Donald Trump attempts to resist a legal challenge by CNN and other media on the revocation of the "revocation" of journalist Jim Acosta to the White House [19659006] US District Court Judge Timothy Kelly heard arguments on Wednesday. Afternoon lawyers representing CNN and the Department of Justice. The news network is seeking an immediate restraining order that would compel the White House to return press references to Acosta, giving reporters access to the 18-acre complex as needed.

Kelly announced that he would announce his decision Thursday afternoon. [19659006] Acosta has repeatedly clashed with Trump and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at briefings over the past two years. But the momentum evolved into a near-scandalous match at a fierce press conference held last week as a result of mid-term elections during which Republicans lost control of the House.

Acosta refused to yield the microphone when the president said that he did not want to hear about it. nothing more of him. Trump called Acosta "a rude and terrible person".

The White House quickly announced that access from the White House to Acosta would be revoked.

CNN's lawsuit calls the revocation "an unhindered attempt to censor the press and exclude journalists from the White House's dispute and challenge the president's view."

Associated Press s & # 39 is badociated with a group of 12 other news outlets, including Fox News, to file an amicus brief Wednesday in support of CNN.

"Secret Service Pbades for White House journalists should never be turned into weapons," said Jay Wallace, President of Fox News, "Although we do not tolerate the antagonistic tone growing president and press in recent media, we support a free press, open access and open exchange for the American people. "

On Wednesday, Justice Department lawyer James Burnham argue that Acosta was guilty of "inappropriate maneuver" and deserved to lose his right to look at "his refusal to comply with the general standards of a press conference."

Burnham also pointed out that CNN had dozens of other staff at the White House References, so excluding Acosta would not harm network coverage.

Network lawyer, Theodore Boutrous, has baderted that Acosta had been distinguished for his work and not for his alleged rudeness at a press conference.

House made it clear that they did not like the content of the CNN and Jim Acosta reports, "said Boutrous. "Impoliteness is really a codeword for" I do not like you being an aggressive journalist. "

Prior to Wednesday's hearing, the White House had stated that it had available "Wide discretion" to regulate press access to the White House.

A pre-hearing plea argued that "the President and his representatives at the White House Press Office exercised their discretion not to engage with him and, by extension, to no longer grant him Access to white demand. A complex of houses so that he can attempt to interact with the president or representatives of the White House. "

Trump himself, in an interview published on Wednesday, did not know exactly how the legal battle would end, saying:". This is the freedom of the press when someone enters and starts shouting questions and does not sit down?

Trump told the Daily Caller that "guys like Acosta" were "bad for the country." […]

The White House's explanation of why she seized Acosta's skills has changed over the past week. Sanders first explained the decision by accusing Acosta of having made inappropriate physical contact with the intern seeking to grab the microphone. But this logic disappeared after witnesses had confirmed the fact that he was trying to keep the microphone and that Sanders was distributing a falsified video that gave the impression that Acosta was more aggressive than he was. did not really.

On Tuesday, Sanders accused Acosta of not being a professional. trying to dominate the interrogation during the press conference.

Sanders and Trump are named as defendants in the CNN lawsuit, along with Chief of Staff John Kelly and Randolph Alles, Director of the Secret Service.

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