Reporter kicked out of Trump-Putin press conference in Helsinki
Source: CBS News
By CHRISTOPHER BRITO CBS NEWS July 16, 2018, 3:09 PM
Moments before the highly anticipated press conference between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, a credentialed member of the media holding a sign reading "Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty" was kicked out of the room inside the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. He was later identified as Sam Husseini, the communications director of a Washington non-profit who was covering the Trump-Putin summit in Finland on behalf of the magazine The Nation.
Video of the incident shows Husseini holding the sign before security quickly grabbed him and forcibly took him out of the venue.
Husseini was removed twice, initially cooperating with security agents and exiting the media area. He came back, however, and brandished a sheet of paper with writing on it, at which point he was removed by force.
CBS News' White House correspondent Weijia Jiang was nearby when the removal unfolded.
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