The court returned to the White House CNN journalist, who quarreled with Trump

The court temporarily returned accreditation to the White House to CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, who was expelled from the presidential pool after an altercation with Donald Trump.

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Federal judge Timothy Kelly on Friday ordered the White House to restore to the correspondent a pass to the White House, writes Air force.

“We are very pleased, this is a great day for journalism,” a CNN lawyer said as he exited the building. “I want to thank my colleagues, the media who supported me, and the judge for his decision. Well, let’s get back to work,” Acosta himself said in turn.

“We are pleased with the result and expect a full resolution in the coming days. Our sincere thanks go out to those who supported not only CNN, but also a free, strong and independent American press,” CNN said in a statement.

The White House itself said that they respect the court decision and temporarily reinstate the correspondent in the presidential pool. The White House also promised to develop future rules of conduct at press conferences.

At the same time, the hearings on the case are not over; The decision on the immediate temporary restoration of accreditation of Acosta was made by the judge at the very beginning of the process. In addition to the return of accreditation, the plaintiff also demands from the respondents that the court costs be paid.

During the process, a spokesman for the Ministry of Justice, James Burnham, said that the president has every right to revoke accreditation to journalists. He asked the judge whether he had this right, if he didn’t like the way the journalist covered the event, he also answered positively.

Last week, the White House deprived Acosta of accreditation for fighting with Trump and refusing to give up the microphone at the request of the president.

Donald Trump often criticizes the media, and especially CNN. He has repeatedly stated that the television company produces “fake news.” At a Nov. 7 press conference, he advised Acosta to "run CNN while the president himself runs the country."

In the lawsuit, which the television company filed with the Washington District Court, the television channel called the withdrawal of accreditation from a journalist a violation of the first amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech. Trump and five others, such as the White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and his Deputy William Schein, as well as presidential press secretary Sarah Sanders, spoke in the lawsuit.

What happened to Acosta

At the trump press conference at the White House on November 7, after the mid-term US elections, Acosta tried to ask Trump about the caravan of migrants and the investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the American elections.

Acosta asked several times why Trump fanned fears about a caravan of migrants from Honduras, which is heading towards the southern American border. Before the midterm elections, Trump even sent an army there, although the caravan did not reach the US border.

The president got into an argument with a journalist, and then demanded that he give up the microphone. Acosta refused to sit down and went on asking questions. He wondered if Trump was worried about the results of the investigation by Special Prosecutor Robert Muller about Russia's possible interference in the US 2016 election of the year. At this point, an employee intern tried to pick up the microphone from Acosta, but he did not give it back.

Trump called the “Russian investigation” a fake, Acosta a terrible person, and CNN the enemy of the people.

The next day, the White House revoked Acosta's accreditation for acting inappropriately at a press conference and "getting handsy with a female" intern who tried to take the microphone. CNN notes in the lawsuit that Acosta did not touch the intern, and cites the words of journalists present at the press conference as confirmation.

What the White House responded

“CNN has nearly 50 accredited correspondents, and Mr. Acosta is no more or less special than any media outlet or correspondent, with all due respect to the First Amendment,” the White House press service said in response to the TV channel’s lawsuit.

The statement emphasizes that Acosta “physically refused to give the microphone to the intern” to allow other journalists to ask questions. The White House also believes that the journalist asked two questions and received answers to both.

“This is not the first time this reporter has inappropriately refused to defer to other journalists,” the White House said.

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