STORY REMOVED: US--Trump-White House-Ballroom-What to Know
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4:19 PM on Tuesday, October 21
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story from Oct. 21 that quoted White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt as saying over the summer that “nothing will be torn down” in reference to construction starting at the White House on a ballroom and crews tearing down the façade of the East Wing. The AP incorrectly attributed that quote to Leavitt in this story and two others, one on July 31 and Oct. 20. It was a journalist, not Leavitt, who said the quote while asking a question during a briefing Leavitt gave to reporters on July 31. The error was brought to the AP’s attention on Oct. 22.
The AP will publish a corrected version of the story.
