*CNN White House reporter [[Jim Acosta]]'s press credentials were suspended in November 2018 after assaulting a female White House staffer during a Presidential press conference.<ref>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> CNN claimed Acosta never touched the woman and video evidence was "doctored", contradicting clear evidence showing Acosta assaulting the staffer.<ref>https://youtu.be/6Bl9Gc1xUQQ</ref> In retaliation for Acosta's ban from the White House, CNN has 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 White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee 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> | *CNN White House reporter [[Jim Acosta]]'s press credentials were suspended in November 2018 after assaulting a female White House staffer during a Presidential press conference.<ref>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> CNN claimed Acosta never touched the woman and video evidence was "doctored", contradicting clear evidence showing Acosta assaulting the staffer.<ref>https://youtu.be/6Bl9Gc1xUQQ</ref> In retaliation for Acosta's ban from the White House, CNN has 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 White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee 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> |