Image zoom Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Ian Langsdon/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock CNN has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and several of his top aides after the network’s chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, was banned from the White House following a heated exchange with the president. The lawsuit alleges that Acosta and CNN’s First and Fifth Amendment rights were violated by the ban, and seeks to restore Acosta’s press pass, which was suspended last Wednesday. The suit was filed Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., according to CNN. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You’ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Both CNN and Acosta are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, while the six defendants are: Trump, chief of staff John Kelly, press secretary Sarah Sanders, deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine, the director of the Secret Service, and the Secret Service officer (referred to as John Doe, pending his identification) who took Acosta’s press pass away. CNN said in a statement on Tuesday that “it demands the return of the White House credentials of CNN’s Chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta. The wrongful revocation of these credentials violates CNN… Read full this story
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