Embattled CNN anchor Jim Acosta announced Tuesday that he is leaving the network — and took a parting shot at the Trump administration by urging viewers not to “give in to the lies” in a final on-air rant.

Jim Acosta, former Knoxville TV news reporter and anchor, has left his longtime job at CNN. Acosta, who worked at Knoxville's NBC affiliate WBIR from 1995 to 1998, was a prominent face of CNN until his sudden departure this week. He was known for holding President Donald Trump to account.

Acosta, who frequently clashed with Trump in his first term, is leaving CNN after being stripped of his morning show and offered a midnight program in its place.

Jim Acosta shared during his morning broadcast on Tuesday, Jan. 28, that he would not be returning to the CNN desk after 18 years with the organization, saying that after 'careful consideration' and 'weighing alternative time slots CNN offered,

Jim Acosta told viewers this morning that he would be leaving CNN, departing after the network took his morning show off the schedule as part of an anchor shuffle. “I’m grateful to CNN for the nearly 18 years I’ve spent here doing the news,

The renowned journalist started his activity as an "independent". Another effect of Trump's arrival in the White House?

Jim Acosta intends to leave CNN to pursue his own journalism ventures after a programming shake-up left him without his daytime slot

Acosta is the first big name to exit CNN in the changes being implemented by CEO Mark Thompson. Thompson last week also told staff that the company intends to lay off a couple hundred employees in a pivot to digital, with a new streaming service in the works.

Trump critic Jim Acosta reveals his next move after leaving CNN - ‘To President Trump and his allies, you may think you have silenced me. But guess again,’ Jim Acosta noted just hours after signing of

Jim Acosta is out at CNN, but where is he going in the aftermath? Here are the details of his big venture and the future of his rivalry with Trump.

The now-independent journalist on Wednesday shared a sketch from editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder - one that showed him leaving CNN with a smile.