Why did the former president bar U.S Press from the White House while meeting Vladimir Putin's cabinet in 2017?

Directly after his inauguration DT made major fan fair of inviting Vladimir Putin's cabinet to the White House however he barred the U.S Press from the meeting and reports have said the former president gave them full unrestricted access to the White House while there.

On February 20, 2021 an ex-KGB agent said the former president had been a Russian Asset Since 1987.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ex-kgb-agent-trump-russian-asset-mueller-putin-kompromat-unger-book.htmlΒ 

To me this is very damning, I believe the Mueller investigation was a sham because as we've seen and has been shown physically and in writing the former administration flat out lied, even under oath for DT and the AG misrepresented the report from the get-go. If anything the investigation should be reviewed now.

2021-03-15T17:46:05Z

I believe the former president didn't hold a press meeting for 300 days and when partaking in one he'd get in a huff when called out for boldface lying.Β  Just saying.

Kate2021-03-15T17:41:35Z

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This was one of trump's first meetings as POTUS. It was very shady and of course, people wonder why the note taker was ordered to destroy the notes.

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One suspects that he did not want the American people to hear the meeting.

Godless Gazoo2021-03-15T17:57:18Z

Security most likely.....but I'm not buying it's even true.

Anonymous2021-03-15T17:48:14Z

Obama banned press from the White House and Air Force one.Β 

Sam2021-03-15T17:45:10Z

Putin owns Dump, that's why it had to be behind closed doors.