translated from Spanish: CNN versus Trump: channel features demand against the US President by veto journalist

CNN News Network on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and five members of his team to pull permanent credential of the White House to Jim Acosta, the journalist who He starred in a discussion with the President last week.
The complaint was filed Tuesday in a Court of the District of Columbia and in it, as it was reported the company, accuses the Government of having violated the first and the fifth amendment of the Constitution, that they defend the right to freedom of expression and not to be considered do guilty without trial, respectively.
In addition to the President, CNN has included in his complaint to the Chief of staff, John Kelly; the spokesman of the White House, Sarah Huckabee Sanders; the Deputy Chief of communication, Bill Shine; the Director of the secret service, Joseph Clancy, and an officer initially identified with the pseudonym John Doe.
Once known the presentation of the demand, the White House issued a statement where it says that it will “vigorously” defend against the judicial remedy.
“This is only a new call CNN and we will vigorously defend against the claims,” announced the Government in a statement.
The claim of the lawsuit channel responds to the decision of the White House withdraw the Permanent Correspondent CNN White House Manager, credential after the journalist were faced with the President during a tense press conference last week.
After the hearing, in which Trump called Acosta “rude and a terrible person”, a secret service agent claimed correspondent accreditation out of the presidential residence, according to a video of the shared moment could be seen by the reporter on Twitter.
In its reply to the legal claim of the channel, the White House emphasized that Trump answered two questions from the journalist and insisted that its decision to veto you access is due to that “he responded physically” when an officer tried to snatch the microphone to instances of the President.
“The first amendment (of the Constitution, concerning freedom of the press) is not applicable when a single reporter, from among more than 150 present, attempts to monopolize the Auditorium,” the Government said.
The White House Correspondents Association issued a statement expressing its “strong support” for the prosecution chain and denouncing the Government’s decision was “a disproportionate reaction to the events of last Wednesday”, reported the grouping.

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