White House: Trump administration officials will skip White House Correspondents' Dinner
Just four days before reporters and their guests were to gather at the event to celebrate journalism, the White House said Tuesday that administration officials are going to stay away.
In a statement responding to the boycott decision, Olivier Knox, the correspondent association's president, said:"We're looking forward to an enjoyable evening of celebrating the First Amendment and great journalists past, present and future." Trump, who is skipping the dinner for the third consecutive year, earlier this month labeled the event"boring" and"negative." Instead, he's holding a campaign rally Saturday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Presidents and first ladies have traditionally attended the dinner, which serves as a celebration of the First Amendment as well as a fundraiser for college scholarships. A number of reporting awards are given out as well.
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