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CNN sues Trump administration for barring reporter Jim Acosta

CNN (US) and its reporter Jim Acosta filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump, top White House aides and the U.S. Secret Service in federal court Nov. 13. The lawsuit alleged that the White House unlawfully violated Acosta's First Amendment right of freedom of the press and Fifth Amendment right to due process by taking away his press credentials after a testy exchange at a Nov. 7 press conference.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, requests an "immediate restoration" of Acosta's press credentials and a declaration that the revocation of Acosta's press credentials was unconstitutional and in violation of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, among other requests.

Trump, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bill Shine, the U.S. Secret Service, and two secret service employees are listed as defendants in the suit.

When asked about the Nov. 9 incident, Trump suggested that the White House revoked the credentials because Acosta, in his view, did not "treat the White House with respect."

Sanders accused Acosta of "placing his hands" on a White House staffer who attempted to take the microphone away from Acosta after he asked a question. A video of the interaction shows Acosta and the staffer jockeying for control of the microphone.

"The Supreme Court has held in no uncertain terms that the First Amendment protects 'robust political debate,' including 'speech that is critical of those who hold public office,'" said Ted Olson, attorney for CNN and Jim Acosta, in a Nov. 13 statement.

AT&T Inc. CEO Randall Stephenson at a Nov. 12 conference called the White House’s action "violative of our protections of freedom of the press." AT&T acquired CNN in its purchase of Time Warner Inc. earlier this year.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who is likely to be the next chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said that Congress should examine whether the Trump administration was attempting to block AT&T's merger with Time Warner because of the president's dislike of CNN, Axios reported earlier this week.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is slated to hear a U.S. Department of Justice appeal to the AT&T-Time Warner deal Dec. 6.