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White House suspends CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press credentials and falsely accuses him of manhandling intern

Incident Details

Updated On: November 19, 2018
Date of Incident: November 7, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jim Acosta (CNN)

Government agency or public official involved →: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Defense One reporters left out of media briefing with Deputy Secretary of Defense in apparent retaliation for reporting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 9, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Defense One

Government agency or public official involved →: Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan

White House bans CNN reporter from event for 'inappropriate' questions

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 25, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Kaitlan Collins (CNN)

Government agency or public official involved →: Bill Shine

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The Nation reporter forcibly removed from Trump–Putin press conference

Incident Details

Updated On: March 26, 2019
Date of Incident: July 16, 2018
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Targets: Sam Husseini (The Nation)

Government agency or public official involved →: Donald Trump

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Independent journalist Matt Lee forcibly removed from UN, stripped of press credentials

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 3, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Matt Lee (Independent)

Assailant →: Private security
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Government agency or public official involved →: United Nations

EPA security guards refuse entry to AP reporter, then shove her out the door

Incident Details

Updated On: February 27, 2019
Date of Incident: May 22, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ellen Knickmeyer (The Associated Press)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Government agency or public official involved →: Environmental Protection Agency

Scott Pruitt

Pentagon revokes embed opportunity for Washington Post reporter following critical coverage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Dan Lamothe (The Washington Post)

Government agency or public official involved →: Department of Defense

Rhode Island judge orders journalists not to contact jurors after trial

Incident Details

Updated On: May 7, 2018
Date of Incident: April 6, 2018
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Targets: Katie Mulvaney (Providence Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judge Netti C. Vogel

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