Jim Acosta is the Chief White House Correspondent of CNN. His hard pass was temporarily suspended after his spat with the President in which President had called him a ‘rude and terrible’ person. Hours after the altercation, the White House had suspended the press credentials of the journalist in an unprecedented move, terming his behaviour as "disgusting and outrageous".
Trump, who was displeased at Acosta’s question had said, “I think you should let me run the country, you run CNN."
The journalist refused to hand over the microphone to a White House staffer, upon which Trump angrily commanded: “That's enough. Put down the mic." Again when the same reporter asked whether Trump was worried about indictments coming down in this investigation, an irked Trump said, "I tell you what, CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person, You shouldn't be working for CNN."
CNN had filed a lawsuit after the White House suspended Acosta’s full press credentials.
The three new rules introduced for reporters while covering White House Press Conferences are:
A journalist will ask a single question and then yield the floor to other journalists.
Secondly, at the discretion of the President or other White House official taking questions, a follow-up question or questions may be permitted.
Finally, yielding the floor includes, when applicable, physically surrendering the microphone to White House staff for use by the next questioner.