It’s not the AP.
They just write what they are told to write. It’s DOJ that is selectively leaking from the affidavit they insist on keeping secret, to prepare their future jury to believe their version of the facts.
It’s amazingly corrupt, but you have to give them this - they know what power is, and how to use it.
In this case...THE MESSENGER IS COMPLICIT.
They know what they are doing.