CNN anchor Jim Acosta sparred with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) about President Donald Trump‘s pardon of over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants who were charged with crimes stemming from the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Tim Burchett battles CNN's Jim Acosta about Doanld Trump pardoning more than 1,500 January 6 riot defendants. "Why don't you just give an editorial and not have me on?" Burchett told Acosta. "This is why more people are watching the Cartoon Network,

Fans of Jim Acosta may soon have to wait until the midnight hour to see their favorite CNN anchor — or perhaps not see him at all. Acosta, a fixture on the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network since 2007,

A Wednesday morning interview with a Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) on CNN spiraled into chaos when host Jim Acosta tried to get a straight answer out of him about Donald Trump's blanket Jan. 6 pardons and the cornered far-right lawmakers responded with a fusillade of insults.