Claim 390

Communications Director Steven Cheung said reporters had secretly recorded and entered restricted areas of the West Wing.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Communications Director Steven Cheung said reporters had secretly recorded and entered restricted areas of the West Wing.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Cheung says reporters recorded private meetings
About: incident 2025-white-house-restricts-access-to-upper-press-office
Source: White House restricts reporter access to press secretary, staff's offices
Publisher: U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-10-31

Quotation from the source

surreptitiously recorded video and audio of the West Wing offices, entered restricted areas and eavesdropped on private meetings.