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Acosta describes how the White House’s actions have affected him
In a signed declaration submitted along with the motions Tuesday, Jim Acosta defended his coverage of the White House and described several instances in which his lack of a credential has made him unable to do his job.
“I have always endeavored to conduct myself as a diligent but respectful reporter who asks probing but fair questions,” Acosta wrote. “The revocation of my White House press credential not only destroys my ability to perform my current job, it will follow me for the rest of my career. My reputation and my future career prospects have all been significantly harmed if not completely devastated.”
Acosta wrote that he and his family have had to take “additional security measures” after receiving death threats “regularly, aimed at my work covering the President.”
“This has frightened both me and my family and required us to take additional security measures in our daily lives,” he said.
CNN seeks a temporary restraining order
CNN’s David Shortell reports from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
CNN has officially asked a judge to force the White House to immediately restore Jim Acosta’s press credentials. The move — known as a request for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction — came as part of the lawsuit CNN filed earlier Tuesday in DC federal court, alleging that the revocation of Acosta’s press pass last week violated his First Amendment rights and his rights to due process.
Lawyers for CNN asked the court to hold a hearing on their request to immediately restore the pass before Wednesday. No hearing has yet been scheduled.
Fox analyst says CNN has a strong case
Judge Andrew Napolitano, the top legal analyst at Fox News, is predicting that CNN v. Trump will be resolved “quickly,” and in CNN’s favor.
“The only grounds for revoking the pass are, is the person a danger to the physical security to the president or his family? Obviously — Acosta may have been an irritant to the president — but he was hardly a danger to him,” Napolitano said on Fox Business on Tuesday morning. “So I think CNN’s got a very good case. I think this will be resolved quickly. I don’t expect a jury trial. I think it will either be settled or CNN will prevail on motion.”
Napolitano’s analysis was notable because many commentators on Fox have been harshly critical of Acosta’s aggressive questioning of the president.
ACLU says Trump’s move is ‘un-American’
Media law experts and advocacy groups lined up on CNN’s side shortly after the lawsuit was filed on Tuesday morning.
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