While the suit is specific to CNN and Acosta, this could have happened to anyone.
In what amounted to a shouting match, a female intern attempted to grab the mic away from Acosta.
“This conduct is absolutely unacceptable.
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This was not the first time this reporter has inappropriately refused to yield to other reporters.
Olivier Knox, head of the White House Correspondents' Association, released a statement in solidarity with CNN.
“We continue to urge the administration to reverse course and full reinstate CNN’s correspondent.
