The White House has suspended the credentials of CNN’s chief White House correspondent hours after a testy exchange with US President Donald Trump.
A White House staffer tried to grab the microphone from CNN’s Jim Acosta at the press conference on Wednesday.
But press secretary Sarah Sanders said access was removed because the reporter put “his hands on a young woman”.
Mr Acosta called Ms Sanders claim “a lie”.
The president said the CNN journalist was a “rude, terrible person” at the press event.
