CNN Asks Court To Intervene After Trump Decides To Revoke Acosta's Pass Again - Filing

CNN filed a status report asking the US District Court for the District of Columbia to intervene after the Trump administration sent a letter saying that correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass will likely be revoked again notwithstanding a judge's order to restore the pass.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th November, 2018) CNN filed a status report asking the US District Court for the District of Columbia to intervene after the Trump administration sent a letter saying that correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass will likely be revoked again notwithstanding a judge's order to restore the pass.

The White House returned Acosta's credentials on Friday as ordered by a Federal judge, but spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Bill Shine sent a notice to Acosta informing him about a decision to take his pass away again pending final determination on Monday at 3:00 p.m. EST [8:00 p.m. GMT].

"In light of defendants' stated intentions, plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court enter an order requiring defendants to file their opposition to plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 or according to an expedited schedule the Court deems appropriate," the filing said.

In addition, CNN requested that the District Court set up a hearing on the motion next week or as soon as possible, and suggested a briefing on the merits and the preliminary injunction should not be combined, the filing said.

The White House argues that Acosta failed to comply with basic, commonsense personal conduct practices after he continued to attempt to challenge President Donald Trump in a press conference on November 2, despite being asked to pass a microphone to another journalist.

Sanders emphasized that Acosta put his hands on an intern who tried to take the microphone away and continue the events in an orderly manner.

Acosta said his constitutional rights under the First and Fifth amendments of the US Constitution have been violated. The judge agreed on Friday and added the White House did not have written rules of conduct. The Trump administration responded immediately by establishing rules of decorum.

Trump said his team would all necessary guidance, and if the reporter violates it, the White House would throw him out again.