The White House has responded to a lawsuit CNN filed against President Donald Trump and five other individuals who work at the White House over the suspension of reporter Jim Acosta’s White House security pass. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders decried the lawsuit as grandstanding by CNN and said the administration will mount a legal defense.
In a post-midterm press conference on Nov. 7, Acosta refused to give up a microphone after a confrontational exchange with Trump over his definition of the word “invasion,” claiming Trump “demonized immigrants” by drawing attention to the thousands of Central Americans who are moving through Mexico in hopes of entering the United States and claiming asylum.
