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The full screen photographer took the picture on Trump after the attempted murder. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP
He took the iconic picture of Donald Trump with his fist in the air after the attempted murder.
Now he must not approach the president.
All because of a word.
The assassin’s ball turned on Donald Trump’s ear during the Pennsylvania election in July last year.
At the risk of his own life, AP photographer Evan Vucci chose to continue working.
It gave him the opportunity to capture the moment when the presidential candidate came on his feet and with blood on his face tied his fist in front of the shocked spectators.
“Takes dead on us”
Now the photographer, with 21 years of experience in following presidents in the White House, is forbidden to approach the oval room and Donald Trump.
– It kills us. We are destroyed. Being in the room is absolutely crucial, says Vucci on Thursday in court According to Politico.
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Full -screen Vucci, other man from the left, and parts of AP’s representatives outside court. Photo: Kevin Wolf / AP
The AP is now trying to get a judge to cancel the president’s order to port news agency from the White House and other official events.
It is AP’s decision to continue to call the bay between the US southern coast and Mexico for the Gulf of Mexico that triggered Trump’s anger.
Through a presidential order, Trump changed its name on the US part of the golf to US Gulf.
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full -screen trump has changed the name of Mexican Golfe
Ported from the historical brawl
But AP believes that since you are an international news agency with customers throughout the world, it is more appropriate to retain the accepted name.
In court, Vucci told how it felt not to have been involved in the major news events that occurred around the president since the suspension began six weeks ago.
Among other things, he missed the historical brawl in the Oval space between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyj.
– It hurts us tremendously. It is heavy for a photographer to sit still without having anything to do, says Vucci According to Politico.
Vucci told the judge Trevor McFadden how important it is for him to be faster than the competitors in sending pictures.
Caught the shoe against Bush
And about other pictures he has taken that have become iconic.
Among other things, in 2008 when he caught the moment as an Iraqi journalist threw a shoe against then President George W Bush.
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Full -screen Vucci caught the moment when an Iraqi reporter threw a shoe at George W Bush. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP
But there was also laughter in court.
The Ministry of Justice’s lawyer Brian Hudak showed pictures that freelance photographers took on behalf of the AP during the news agency’s suspension.
An image of Trump and Macron did not suit Vucci in taste.
– The exposure is completely wrong. I’m sorry, he said.
In court, Zeke Miller, AP’s chief correspondent in the White House, said that the attempts to force the news agency to change decisions have consequences for other media companies – and for citizens.
– I have noticed what I think is a softer tone in the questions that some other reporters ask, he says according to Politico.