The fallout from Jim Acosta’s verbal argument with President Donald Trump didn’t take long to manifest: The CNN reporter said on Wednesday he was denied access to the White House just hours after challenging Trump during a televised press conference.
In a statement issued Wednesday evening, CNN concurred, saying: “The White House announced tonight that it has revoked the press pass of CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta.
According to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Acosta’s access was revoked as the result of an incident that took place during Trump’s post-midterms press conference Wednesday afternoon.
We will, however, never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern,” Sanders tweeted Wednesday, adding that “This conduct is absolutely unacceptable” and that Trump “has given the press more access than any president in history.”