USA draw award for journalist that is critical for Trump

The American Foreign ministry has “mistakenly” to the Finnish journalist Jessika Aro to know that they are an " International Women of Courage Award’ would receive. That shares a spokesperson of the department. he denies, however, that the award was revoked because the wife is too critical would have been for president Donald Trump.

“We made a mistake. That was an unfortunate mistake,” said departementswoordvoerder Robert Palladino Thursday about the case. “We have this individual falsely informed that she was selected as a finalist.” The ministry “regrets the error”, he said.

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In her work, laid Aro already years before the American presidential election of 2016 the Russian propaganda machine expose. She was bombarded with harassment and death threats. The U.s. embassy in Helsinki found that they have a special award earned and nominated her for the International Women of Courage Award.

In January, the American ministry of Foreign Affairs that Aro the award would be received. That would be her Thursday in Washington will be given by foreign affairs minister Mike Pompeo in the presence of the first lady Melania Trump.