CNN sues the Trump administration over Acosta ban

Before resorting to a lawsuit over Jim Acosta's press pass, CNN sought to resolve the dispute privately.

Acosta's pass was suspended last Wednesday, the 7th. The following day, according to the suit, CNN president Jeff Zucker wrote to chief of staff John Kelly and requested that it be reinstated. Zucker's message said that "no complaints were raised with CNN and there was no attempt to reach anyone at CNN before taking this unlawful action."

Zucker also noted that the White House had not attempted to reach anyone at CNN prior to the revocation of Acosta's pass, and called the move part of a "pattern of targeted harassment" against the network, the lawsuit says. 

The next day, Friday the 9th, CNN sent a formal letter to the White House repeating the request and warning of a possible lawsuit.

Several days went by. So "we really had no choice but to sue," one of CNN's outside attorneys, Ted Boutrous, said in an interview. "We didn't want to have to go to court. We wanted to just report the news. Mr. Acosta wants to report the news. CNN wants to report the news."

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