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Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 06, 2018 10:30am |
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| Author | Jon Swaine |
| News Date | Thursday, September 6, 2018 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trump’s inauguration to make the crowd appear bigger following a personal intervention from the president, according to newly released documents.
The photographer cropped out empty space “where the crowd ended” for a new set of pictures requested by Trump on the first morning of his presidency, after he was angered by images showing his audience was smaller than Barack Obama’s in 2009.
The detail was revealed in investigative reports released to the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act by the inspector general of the US interior department. They shed new light on the first self-inflicted crisis of Trump’s presidency, when his White House falsely claimed he had attracted the biggest ever inauguration audience. |
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