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Watch: Man kicked out of Trump-Putin press conference

A self-described reporter was hauled out of Helsinki Palace before Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a joint press conference on Monday, following their one-on-one meeting earlier in the day.

Axios' Jonathan Swan tweeted a video from the scene:

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The Nation told CNN's Betsy Klein in a statement that the man that was removed was communications director at the Institute for Public Accuracy, Sam Husseini, who received press credentials from The Nation.

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