A February 8, 2018 photo shows CNN
chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta before the start of a
briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in
Washington, DC. MANDEL NGAN / AFP
An association representing the White House press corps on
Wednesday dubbed the Trump administration’s revocation of a CNN
reporter’s credentials “out of line” and “unacceptable.”
“The White House Correspondents’ Association strongly objects to
the Trump Administration’s decision to use US Secret Service
security credentials as a tool to punish a reporter with whom it
has a difficult relationship,” the group said in a statement. “We
urge the White House to immediately reverse this weak and misguided
action.”
The White House had just prior suspended journalist Jim Acosta’s
access, hours after he refused to give up the microphone and
persisted with questions during a press conference in which Trump
branded him an “enemy of the people.”
AFP
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