CNN Wins Court Order Restoring White House Reporter’s Access
- Judge rejects Trump claim he gets last word on press passes
- Ruling by Trump appointee marks president’s second loss to CNN
Jim Acosta, chief White House correspondent for CNN, departs following a hearing at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington on Nov. 14, 2018.
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President Donald Trump must restore White House access to CNN reporter Jim Acosta for now, a federal judge ruled while questioning the administration’s account of its actions.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly’s decision is a rebuke to Trump as he tries to recover from losses in midterm congressional elections. It furthers a portrait of a president overstepping his authority to settle personal scores and carries extra sting because it was issued by a judge the president appointed.