Claim 45

The White House restored Acosta's pass and CNN dropped its lawsuit.

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

Statement: The White House restored Acosta's pass and CNN dropped its lawsuit.
Field: status
Value: Pass restored 2018-11-19; suit dropped
About: incident 2018-white-house-revokes-acosta-press-pass
Source: White House restores Jim Acosta's press pass, CNN drops lawsuit
Publisher: Yahoo News / AP
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2018-11-19

Quotation from the source

lawsuit is no longer necessary