JUST IN: Press BANNED From Area of White House After Secretly Recording, Taking Photos of Sensitive Info

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On Friday, the Trump administration banned members of the media from a key area of the White House due to concerns over sensitive material.

You see, several journalists were recently caught secretly recording audio and video, as well as taking photos of sensitive information!

Here are the details:

🚨 BREAKING: The Trump administration has just BANNED reporters from a part of the White House after several members of the media were caught “secretly recording video and audio,” and taking photos of SENSITIVE INFORMATION without permission.

Reporters have also spied on private, closed-door meetings and wandered into restricted areas near the Oval Office, and have been seen “ambushing” Cabinet officials after private meetings.

JACKALS!

You can read the full memo announcing the new press rules here:

Under the new rules, reporters will no longer be allowed to freely access Room 140, which is also called “Upper Press” and where the press secretary’s office is located.

The New York Times reported:

For generations, White House reporters have been allowed to roam freely from the press briefing room into a warren of offices in the West Wing, known as “Upper Press,” that houses the press secretary and other senior press aides. Journalists could ask impromptu questions of administration officials and, during breaking news, quickly obtain information for their audiences.

That access abruptly ended on Friday, according to a White House memorandum that prohibited journalists from accessing Upper Press without a prior appointment. The administration cited security concerns over “sensitive material” related to the National Security Council that is now handled by the press office staff.

For a long time now, the press had apparently been abusing their privilege of free access.

White House Assistant & Director of Communications Steven Cheung provided more details:

Some reporters have been caught secretly recording video and audio of our offices, along with pictures of sensitive info, without permission

Some reporters have wandered into restricted areas (our offices are feet away from the Oval Office)

Some reporters have been caught eavesdropping on private, closed-door meetings

Cabinet Secretaries routinely come into our office for private meetings, only to be ambushed by reporters waiting outside our doors

Press still has access to lower press where the press team sits and can answer all inquiries

Reporters can make appointments to see us in our offices

Now, if journalists want to visit this area of the White House, they will need to schedule an appointment.

Reuters has more:

The National Security Council said the change was made to protect sensitive material now being routinely handled by White House communications officials as a result of changes to the council.
“In order to protect such material, and maintain coordination between National Security Council Staff and White House Communications Staff, members of the press are no longer permitted to access Room 140 without prior approval in the form of an appointment with an authorized White House Staff Member,” the memo said.
Previously, credentialed White House journalists could access Room 140, which is a short hallway from the Oval Office, on short notice to speak with Leavitt, her deputy Steven Cheung and other senior officials.
“Some reporters have been caught secretly recording video and audio of our offices, along with pictures of sensitive info, without permission,” Cheung wrote in a post on X, adding that some reporters wandered into restricted areas, or eavesdropped on private, closed-door meetings.
“Cabinet Secretaries routinely come into our office for private meetings, only to be ambushed by reporters waiting outside our doors,” Cheung wrote.
Journalists can still access another area where lower-level White House spokespeople have desks, the council memo said.

The left will whine and complain that this is a violation of the First Amendment.

But, on the contrary, I am surprised that there are not harsher punishments for secretly recording sensitive White House information!

Is that not espionage?

Some folks on X are advocating for more severe consequences:

I like this idea:

What do you think?



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