Claim 235

Sarah Sanders said the White House would not tolerate a reporter placing his hands on an intern.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Sarah Sanders said the White House would not tolerate a reporter placing his hands on an intern.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Sanders on the intern incident
About: incident 2018-us-cnn-acosta-credential-revoked
Source: White House suspends credentials for CNN correspondent Jim Acosta
Publisher: ABC News
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2018-11-08

Quotation from the source

We will, however, never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern.