Treasury Bars Times, WSJ, Bloomberg Reporters From G20
Treasury Bars Times, WSJ, Bloomberg Reporters From G20
The News
The Treasury Department denied press credentials to specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, blocking them from covering the G20 finance ministers' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the decision had nothing to do with the reporters' point of view. He offered no further explanation of the criteria used.
The gathering brings together finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's largest economies and runs through Tuesday.
Who Was Blocked
Among those denied was Alan Rappeport, who has covered the Treasury Department for The New York Times since 2017.
The denials were not blanket bans on the outlets. Another Times reporter, Berlin bureau chief Jim Tankersley, was granted access.
Timeline
The New York Times reports that some of its reporters, along with reporters from the Journal and Bloomberg, were denied credentials for the Asheville meeting.
The Associated Press, France 24 and Yahoo News report the denials. Bessent says the decision is unrelated to viewpoint.
The G20 finance ministerial continues in Asheville.
Reactions
The Times called the move a "blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny."
Bloomberg said the decision "undermines media freedom and public accountability."
Bessent said the credential decisions were not based on the journalists' viewpoints.
What's Next
The finance ministerial wraps up Tuesday in Asheville. A broader G20 summit involving heads of state is scheduled for December at President Trump's Doral golf club in Florida.
Treasury has not said what standard it applied in granting or denying credentials, and the affected outlets have not said whether they will seek legal recourse.
More
The move is the latest restriction on press access under the Trump administration. Earlier this year the Defense Department declared its press office a classified space, prompting most news organizations to vacate the Pentagon rather than accept the new terms.
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