In another spasm of post-midterms pique, the Trump White House has reportedly suspended the White House press credentials of CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta and barred him from the White House grounds.
The move follows a heated exchange between Acosta and an angry Trump at today's White House press conference. According to a tweeted statement from press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the stated rationale is that Acosta "plac[ed] his hands" on a White House intern who was trying to take the microphone; live video of the event clearly shows that to be a flat-out lie. It was the intern who initiated contact by grabbing several times at Acosta's arm; other than retaining control of the microphone, he made no other motions.
Undeterred by the reality that all the rest of us saw, however, Sarah Huckabee Sanders goes for the lie because that is what she has become famous for, in this administration–lying, because she is a liar.
There is no word on how long the "suspension" will last.