Posted on 07/16/2018 9:18:16 AM PDT by tcrlaf
The journalist from US political publication The Nation disrupted the meeting holding a banner that read 'Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty'
A journalist has been dragged out of the Trump-Putin press conference by Secret Service agents after protesting over America's use of nuclear weapons.
Political journalist and activist Sam Husseini got into a scuffle with security forces in Helskini, Finland, as Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump addressed journalists.
Husseini, who writes for The Nation, held up a sign saying 'Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty' as he disrupted the conference just before the two leaders were set to take questions from the press.
Security officials had reportedly asked Husseini to leave the room earlier, and at that point he left peacefully.
However, he then suddenly returned carrying a hand-written sign - which Russian authorities reportedly called a "malicious item."
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
PLUS... it wasn’t the Secret Service that removed Husseini, it was the FINNISH SECURITY.
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