White House yanks press pass of CNN’s Jim Acosta

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CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s permanent White House press credentials have been suspended.

“As a result of today’s incident, the White House is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice,” said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders Wednesday, referring to an earlier incident in which Acosta refused to yield the microphone when a female intern tried to take it from him during a press conference with President Trump.

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