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Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:47 AM Sep 2018

White House reviews incident involving Epoch Times photographer handing a folder to Trump

Source: Washington Post

The White House has reviewed an incident last week in which a news photographer for the Epoch Times, a publication banned in China for its critical coverage, stepped into a restricted area and handed President Trump a folder during an official event.

The photographer, identified by other photojournalists as Samira Bouaou, passed the purple-colored folder to Trump as he was walking out of the East Room on Sept. 12 after delivering remarks at a reception for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

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Trump accepted the folder and appeared to open it briefly as he departed before quickly shutting it, the witnesses said. It was not clear what was inside the folder. Photographers who asked Bouaou afterward why she did it and what the folder contained said she declined to provide details.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who discussed the incident with members of the White House Correspondents’ Association executive board, declined to answer questions about the matter. Bouaou was said by those who know her to have recently secured a White House “hard pass” from the Secret Service allowing her daily access to the press briefing room and other events.




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White House reviews incident involving Epoch Times photographer handing a folder to Trump (Original Post) Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 OP
China has the pee tape! TeamPooka Sep 2018 #1
While that'd be amusing, more likely I think it was something to do with China's abuses of Muslims. DRoseDARs Sep 2018 #2
They should try harder. Trump doesn't care about human rights, especially those of Muslims. TeamPooka Sep 2018 #3
No, it was a picture lillypaddle Sep 2018 #6
Trump's penis? TeamPooka Sep 2018 #7
Honey Pot II: A(nother) Cutout Story (allegedly) B Stieg Sep 2018 #4
Trump wants to add Falun Gong propaganda to his trade war with China. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #5
Trump looks directly at the sun, accepts folders from strangers.. More_Cowbell Sep 2018 #8
Darn...Where's that anthrax when you really need it? Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #9
 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
2. While that'd be amusing, more likely I think it was something to do with China's abuses of Muslims.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:04 PM
Sep 2018

"Re-education" camps and whatnot.

B Stieg

(2,410 posts)
4. Honey Pot II: A(nother) Cutout Story (allegedly)
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:32 PM
Sep 2018

The White House is lousy with operatives.
America really is at risk...

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
5. Trump wants to add Falun Gong propaganda to his trade war with China.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:36 PM
Sep 2018

I'm sure that will help him easily win the trade war.

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