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Trump’s spokesperson Hope Hicks confirmed he was at the former Prohibition-era speakeasy, but said she “wasn’t aware of this movement” and she would never do anything to “leave the press in the dark.”Later reports said reporters who did not have a New York City press pass were no longer allowed to stand on the street outside the restaurant.Hicks assured the press that once a so-called protective pool has been set up for Trump, reporters will have “all of the access that they have ever had under any president.”At 6:14 p.m. on Tuesday, Hicks said that all activities for the day had ended, but a few reporters stayed in the Trump Tower lobby. At around 7:30 p.m., a broadcast embed and other reporters left the building and noticed a massive motorcade leaving the premises, according to another transition pool report.Reporters who were present then reached out to Hicks to confirm whether or not the president-elect had left Trump Tower.At around 8:40 p.m., "we arrived outside the 21 Club, which is barricaded by police," the Washington Post's Jenna Johnson wrote. "I texted Hope Hicks, telling her we were outside the steakhouse and wanted to be let inside. She then called me."Police subsequently divided reporters into those with New York City press passes and those without.In another report, Johnson said the remaining press pool "peered around a dumpster" and watched Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, get into an SUV. Ivanka avoided questions and the motorcade left the area.
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