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'''Jim Acosta''' is a reporter for [[CNN]] and noted [[conspiracy theorist]].

'''Jim Acosta''' is a reporter for [[CNN]] and noted [[conspiracy theorist]].

Acosta's [[White House]] Press Corps credentials were lifted in November 2018 after a contentious exchange with [[President Trump]] in a Presidential press conference.<ref name="Acosta suspension">https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/11/07/media/trump-cnn-press-conference/index.html</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/video-cnn-reporter-jim-acosta-assaults-female-white-house-staffer/</ref>  White House Press Secretary [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]] subsequently accused Acosta of inappropriately touching a female White House staffer who had attempted to take back the microphone he was holding:

Acosta's [[White House]] Press Corps credentials were lifted in November 2018 after Acosta inappropriately touched a female White House staffer during a contentious exchange with [[President Trump]] in a Presidential press conference.<ref name="Acosta suspension">https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/11/07/media/trump-cnn-press-conference/index.html</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/video-cnn-reporter-jim-acosta-assaults-female-white-house-staffer/</ref>  White House Press Secretary [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]] said of the Acosta incident in a press release:

{{cquote|President Trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough questions of him and his Administration. 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. This conduct is absolutely unacceptable.<ref name="Acosta suspension"/>}}

{{cquote|President Trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough questions of him and his Administration. 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. This conduct is absolutely unacceptable. It is also completely disrespectful to the reporter's colleagues not to allow them an opportunity to ask a question. President Trump has given the press more access than any President in history. Contrary to CNN's assertions, there is no greater demonstration of the President's support for a free press than the event he held today. Only they would attack the President for not being supportive of a free press in the midst of him taking 68 questions from 35 different reporters over the course of an hour and a half -- including several from the reporter in question. The fact that CNN is proud of the way their employee behaved is not only disgusting, it is an example of their outrageous disregard for everyone, including young women, who work in this Administration. As a result of today's incident, the White House is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice.<ref name="Acosta suspension"/>}} In an interview later, Acosta [[lie]]d, claiming that he had never touched the young woman.<ref>https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1060374680991883265</ref> ''The Federalist'' reported, "To state otherwise is [[fake news]].... he used force to physically overpower her so he could continue talking after the president had called on another reporter."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/08/jim-acosta-self-important-martyr-routine-growing-stale/</ref> [[Democrat]] conspiracy theorists claim Acosta was set-up.<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/09/democratic-congressman-claims-white-house-intern-setup-jim-acosta/</ref>

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly - a Trump appointee - ordered Acosta's credentials to be restored on Fifth Amendment grounds of due process, and described Sanders' accusation of assault as "likely untrue” and “partly based on evidence of questionable accuracy.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/11/16/judge-orders-acosta-hard-pass-restored/</ref>

CNN, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and hundreds of other fake news outlets claimed Acosta never touched the woman and video evidence was "doctored", even though the video clearly proves their claims wrong.<ref>https://youtu.be/6Bl9Gc1xUQQ</ref>  In retaliation for Acosta's ban from the White House, CNN subsequently filed a lawsuit against President Trump, several White House aides and the Secret Service to force the reinstatement of Acosta's White House access, a move which Sanders called "grandstanding" in a press release.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/11/13/full-document-cnn-lawsuit-jim-acosta-white-house-credentials/ Full Doc: CNN's Lawsuit to Restore Jim Acosta's White House Credentials] at Breitbart News Network</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/13/white-house-jim-acosta-lawsuit-just-more-grandstanding-from-cnn/ White House: "Jim Acosta Lawsuit 'Just More Grandstanding from CNN'"] at Breitbart News Network</ref>  In subsequent questioning regarding the incident in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on November 13, 2018, Acosta committed [[perjury]] by claiming he "politely" questioned Trump and continuing his false claim that he "never touched" the White House intern, despite video evidence proving otherwise.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/jim-acosta-perjures-himself-in-federal-court-says-he-politely-questioned-the-president-and-never-placed-hands-on-intern/ Jim Acosta Perjures Himself in Federal Court] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>

Acosta's aggressive style was in the mold of past White House journalists such as Sam Donaldson and [[David Gregory]], however Acosta took rudeness toward fellow journalists, White House staffers and guests, and toward the President to a new level.

Acosts's aggressive style was in the mold of past White House journalists such as Sam Donaldson and [[David Gregory]], however Acosta took rudeness toward fellow journalists, White House staffers and guests, and toward the President to a new level.

==See also==

==See also==