After Trump Plane Ruse, WHCA Presses White House on Press Pool Safeguards
The White House kept reporters on Air Force One while Trump was moved to a military plane after an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported.
- The White House Correspondents Association has asked the administration to "work with us on a protocol for handling extraordinary security circumstances in the future," following revelations about a secret plane switch last month involving President Donald Trump.
- Officials orchestrated a decoy flight for the press while President Donald Trump was moved on an alternate military plane from Turkey to evade an Iranian threat, a ruse The Washington Post revealed on Monday.
- Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, who leads the Association, met with White House aides on Tuesday to convey concerns about press safety, the integrity of pooled reporting, and maintaining an independent record of presidential movements.
- Heinrich noted that the Association "recognizes the Secret Service" responsibility to address genuine threats while emphasizing the importance of ensuring accurate historical records and maintaining independent press coverage of the president.
- Establishing a protocol balancing Secret Service security mandates with press integrity remains the goal, as Heinrich warned that uncertainty regarding independent reporting can be exploited by bad actors seeking to sow confusion.
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White House pushed for protocol to preserve correspondents' credibility after Trump's secret plane switch
WHCA president Jacqui Heinrich met with Trump administration officials to address press safety and pool reporting credibility after the president's secret plane swap.
The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) has asked President Donald Trump’s administration to “collaborate (...) in a protocol to manage extraordinary security circumstances in the future,” now that...
Donald Trump changed planes due to a threat – but officials and journalists remained on the threatened plane. Now criticism is pouring in against the safety of the other passengers. – They didn't seem to have thought about anyone other than the president, says Joe Lockhart, who previously worked as a press secretary for the White House.
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