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Claim

Claim 46

The White House revoked Acosta's hard pass following the press-conference exchange.

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

Statement
The White House revoked Acosta's hard pass following the press-conference exchange.
Field
occurred_on
Value
2018-11-07
About
incident 2018-white-house-revokes-acosta-press-pass
Source
White House suspends CNN journalist Acosta after Trump confrontation archived copy
Publisher
Gulf News
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2018-11-07

Quotation from the source

The White House on Wednesday suspended the press pass of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta after he and President Donald Trump had a heated confrontation during a news conference.