Trump's Incoming Press Secretary Reportedly Threatened To Throw CNN Reporter Out Of Press Conference
- 7 years ago
CNN’s Jim Acosta revealed that after his heated press conference exchange with Donald Trump, incoming press secretary Sean Spicer threatened to throw him out.
At Donald Trump’s Wednesday press conference, his first in over 160 days, he got into a rather heated exchange with CNN’s Jim Acosta.
Acosta later told Wolf Blitzer, also of CNN, “…at one point during this news conference…after I asked, and I guess you might say demanded that we have a question, Sean Spicer, the incoming press secretary, did say to me that if I were to do that again, I was going to be thrown out of this press conference.”
The incident Acosta was referring to began shortly after Trump targeted CNN for “going out of their way” to build up the unsubstantiated report that alleges Russia has compromising information about him.
Acosta immediately shouted out, “Since you are attacking us, can you give us a question?”
Trump replied, “Not you…Your organization is terrible!”
Undaunted, Acosta continued his attempts.
Ultimately, Trump called him “rude” and said, “I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news!”
After the press conference, Acosta tweeted, "Fortunately ABC's Cecilia Vega asked my question about whether any Trump associates contacted Russians. Trump said no."
At Donald Trump’s Wednesday press conference, his first in over 160 days, he got into a rather heated exchange with CNN’s Jim Acosta.
Acosta later told Wolf Blitzer, also of CNN, “…at one point during this news conference…after I asked, and I guess you might say demanded that we have a question, Sean Spicer, the incoming press secretary, did say to me that if I were to do that again, I was going to be thrown out of this press conference.”
The incident Acosta was referring to began shortly after Trump targeted CNN for “going out of their way” to build up the unsubstantiated report that alleges Russia has compromising information about him.
Acosta immediately shouted out, “Since you are attacking us, can you give us a question?”
Trump replied, “Not you…Your organization is terrible!”
Undaunted, Acosta continued his attempts.
Ultimately, Trump called him “rude” and said, “I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news!”
After the press conference, Acosta tweeted, "Fortunately ABC's Cecilia Vega asked my question about whether any Trump associates contacted Russians. Trump said no."