Jim Acosta CNN's Chief White House Correspondent
Abilio James "Jim" Acosta was born on April 17, 1971 form refugee parents. His father was a refugee from Cuba and his mother is of Irish and Czech ancestry.
Acosta graduated from Annandale High School, a public senior high in Annandale, Virginia, in 1989. In 1993, he earned a bachelor's degree in mass communication, with a minor in political science, from James Madison University.
After various media job, Acosta joined CNN in April 2007. On January 9, 2018, he was appointed as the chief White House correspondent by CNN.
In 2016, he pressed the Cuban president on his country's human rights record.
Later, he had some verbal argument with various Trump administration officials. On November 7, 2018, he sparred with President Trump during a White House press conference which led to the suspension of his White House press pass.
On November 13, 2018, CNN and Acosta, through counsel Ted Boutrous and Ted Olson of Gibson Dunn, filed civil suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Trump, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, Deputy Chief of Staff/Director of Communications Bill Shine, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, the U.S. Secret Service and its director, Randolph Alles, and an unnamed Secret Service agent, all in their official capacities.
On November 16, 2018, a judge in Washington DC has ordered the White House to return CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass.
Jim Acosta Twitter: https://twitter.com/acosta?lang=en
Acosta graduated from Annandale High School, a public senior high in Annandale, Virginia, in 1989. In 1993, he earned a bachelor's degree in mass communication, with a minor in political science, from James Madison University.
After various media job, Acosta joined CNN in April 2007. On January 9, 2018, he was appointed as the chief White House correspondent by CNN.
In 2016, he pressed the Cuban president on his country's human rights record.
Later, he had some verbal argument with various Trump administration officials. On November 7, 2018, he sparred with President Trump during a White House press conference which led to the suspension of his White House press pass.
On November 13, 2018, CNN and Acosta, through counsel Ted Boutrous and Ted Olson of Gibson Dunn, filed civil suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Trump, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, Deputy Chief of Staff/Director of Communications Bill Shine, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, the U.S. Secret Service and its director, Randolph Alles, and an unnamed Secret Service agent, all in their official capacities.
On November 16, 2018, a judge in Washington DC has ordered the White House to return CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass.
Jim Acosta Twitter: https://twitter.com/acosta?lang=en
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