NEW YORK — In a heated confrontation at Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect, Trump refused to answer a CNN reporter’s questions and called the network “fake news.”

The showdown between Trump and Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta happened after the president-elect answered questions about a tweet alleging connections between the U.S. and Nazi Germany. While some legal experts say the President is exempt from the cause, others suggest Trump's Worldwide property and hotel empire - not to mention his newly opened hotel just a few minutes' walk from the White House - is just asking for trouble. The tweet, he said, was in reference to a report published by CNN on classified documents alleging Russian operatives may have compromising information about Trump's personal life and finances. Trump has said that he plans to step down from his management position as head of the Trump Organization and put his two adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, in charge. The Trump transition announced Monday that Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner would become one of Trump's three most powerful advisers at the White House -- a decision that will test the bounds of an anti-nepotism statute barring such hires.
President-elect Donald Trump appoints businessman and son-in-law Jared Kushner as his senior advisor in the White House.