The Associated Press complained Monday that the White House did not allow its photographer and reporter to attend an Oval Office meeting between President Trump and El Salvador’s leader Nayib Bukele.
The Associated Press complained Monday that the White House did not allow its photographer and reporter to attend an Oval Office meeting with President Trump and El Salvador’s leader Nayib Bukele, despite a court order to reinstate its access.
Last week, a Trump-appointed judge ordered the White House to restore access to the wire service that had been blocked because the wire service declined to change its style guidance from “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America.”
“Our journalists were blocked from the Oval Office today,” an AP spokesperson told The Post. “We expect the White House to restore AP’s participation in the pool as of today, as provided in the injunction order.”
The lower court order had been paused for five days until Monday to allow time for an appeal to be filed. Trump’s team is appealing the ruling to the US Court of Appeals for the DC circuit and is slated to face a hearing on Thursday.
