# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-white-house-revokes-acosta-press-pass)
- Source: White House restores Jim Acosta's press pass, CNN drops lawsuit. https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-restores-jim-acosta-212020316.html
- 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

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