WHCA Condemns Removal of Journalist From White House Pool
The White House Correspondents' Association called the move retaliation after Andrew Feinberg questioned President Donald Trump, who had announced a fraud tip line offering up to $30,000.
- The White House removed Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for The Independent, from the print pool assignment for an upcoming trip on Wednesday without explanation, following a tense Oval Office exchange with President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
- During the Tuesday press event about a new fraud tip line, Trump lashed out at Feinberg, calling the reporter a "sick person" after he asked about owned golf courses and repeatedly questioned his mental state.
- Association President Jacqui Heinrich condemned the decision on Wednesday as "retaliation," while a White House spokesperson defended it, stating reporters lack a "constitutional right" to sensitive government facilities.
- Last month, the administration barred CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, though a federal judge later ordered their access restored; this removal continues the pattern of restricting coverage over hostile questioning.
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Donald Trump calls a reporter a "sick person", his vice-president J.D. Vance insults him as "weakness." After the scandal in the Oval Office, the journalist is no longer allowed to travel with Trump in the Air Force One.
Andrew Feinberg, correspondent for The Independent, is outside the Air Force One after a clash with Donald Trump; Correspondents Association accuses the British journalist of arresting him.
Washington, Oct 22 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed access to the Air Force One presidential plane on Thursday to The Independent journalist Andrew Feinberg, with whom he met last Tuesday during a press conference at the Oval Office. Feinberg was part of the pool, the rotating group of journalists [...] The entry Trump veto of the Air Force One to the journalist of The Independent he faced was first published in HolaNews.
A baristic insult and no more access to the »Air Force One«: A reporter of the »Independent« gets to feel the anger of the US president and his staff. The trigger was a simple question about Trump's initiative.
The Independent has said it will not be intimidated by the powerful or silenced when confronted. It was responding to US President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on the Independent's journalist Andrew Feinberg, who pointed out that the new US government whistleblower program is not as beneficial as a law that is over 160 years old.
Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich cries ‘retaliation’ after reporter who clashed with Trump loses trip assignment - The Daily Bo Snerdley
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Jacqui Heinrich condemned the removal of Independent reporter Andrew Feinberg from an upcoming presidential pool assignment. The change followed Feinberg’s contentious Oval Office exchange with President Trump. The White House defended its authority over access, while Heinrich called the decision retaliation. LAY IT ON ME (I’ve got time). The White House’s running ar…
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