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NEW YORK \u2014 Hundreds of former or retired journalists and eight press freedom groups are asking the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association to stand up to the Trump administration\u2019s recent attacks on the media at its rescheduled dinner this week – a dinner President Donald Trump says he\u2019ll attend.<\/p>\n

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The first dinner was cut short in April when a gunman, who prosecutors say was trying to assassinate Trump, opened fire at the Washington Hilton. The much smaller rescheduled dinner will take place Friday, with enhanced security precautions, at the capital\u2019s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, formerly the Trump International Hotel.<\/p>\n

The letter expands on a similar one issued in April, before the first dinner. It notes that since then, \u201cthe administration\u2019s attacks on journalists and press freedom have become even more egregious.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter, organized by former ABC News correspondent Lisa Stark and producer Ian Cameron, cites in particular the recent subpoenas by the Justice Department to New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns over the president\u2019s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. Additional subpoenas of the journalists\u2019 phone records have included even the mother of one reporter, and two spouses.<\/p>\n

They want the association to stand up \u2018forcefully\u2019<\/h3>\n

The letter also cites threats by Trump to revoke licenses of broadcasters \u201cwho refuse to acquiesce to his demands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur message to the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association is now more urgent: forcefully stand up for freedom of the press in front of the President, publicly defend the journalists he attacks, and vow to resist his administration\u2019s concerted effort to undermine the First Amendment,\u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n

It notes that the association\u2019s president, Weijia Jiang, has defined the dinner\u2019s purpose as being \u201cto celebrate the First Amendment and the hard daily work of the journalists who defend it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe believe it is hypocritical to celebrate the First Amendment in front of the man who relentlessly attacks it,\u201d the letter says. \u201cWe urge the WHCA to condemn the administration\u2019s actions from the podium and pledge to fight all attempts by his administration to undermine this core pillar of a functioning democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are multiple signatories<\/h3>\n

The groups signing on to the letter are the Society of Professional Journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Press Photographers Association, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Coalition for Women in Journalism, the Radio Television Digital News Association and the Media and Democracy Project.<\/p>\n

There are also about 520 individual signatories, mainly retired journalists. Almost all of them signed the April letter as well.<\/p>\n

Trump has said he would be attending Friday\u2019s rescheduled dinner, calling the plan to go ahead with the event \u201ca sign of Strength and Fortitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n

He added that he hadn\u2019t decided whether to give his originally intended speech, in which he was widely expected to attack the press. \u201cI don\u2019t know whether or not I will give the same rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people, but we will soon find out,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIn any event, it will be a \u2018HOT\u2019 ticket!\u201d<\/p>\n

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