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Secret Service agent who took Jim Acosta's press pass named in CNN lawsuit
CNN included a Secret Service agent as part of its lawsuit against the White House over the suspension of correspondent Jim Acosta's press credentials. The agent is only identified as "John Doe" in the official lawsuit, which also names White House officials Sarah Sanders, John Kelly and Bill Shine, as well as President Trump himself. The lawsuit, announced Tuesday, names the agent as a defendant for allegedly having blocked Acosta's access to the White House grounds.
The White House said last week that it was indefinitely suspending Acosta's credentials after a heated exchange between him and President Trump at a press conference. After Acosta was called on to ask a question, Trump attempted to move on to another reporter, but Acosta initially refused to relinquish the microphone to a White House intern. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed that the suspension of Acosta's credentials because they would not tolerate him "placing his hands on" the intern.
Later that evening, Acosta tweeted a video of the Secret Service agent asking for his press pass as he tried to gain access to the White House grounds. "As I told the officer, I don’t blame him. I know he’s just doing his job," Acosta said.
"This morning, CNN filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in DC District Court," CNN's top executive Jeff Zucker said in a statement. "The White House has violated CNN and Jim Acosta's First Amendment rights of freedom of the press and Fifth Amendment rights to due process. We are demanding the immediate return of Jim's White House credential." The statement continued, "We have asked this court for an immediate restraining order requiring the pass be returned to Jim, and we will seek permanent relief as part of the process."
White House Correspondents' Association president Olivier Knox said that the group, which advocates for more access to the administration and represents much of the national news media, "strongly supports CNN's goal of seeing their correspondent regain a U.S. Secret Service security credential that the White House should not have taken away in the first place."
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