A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trump’s inauguration to make the crowd appear bigger following a personal intervention from the president, according to newly released documents. Trump's inauguration crowd: Sean Spicer's claims versus the evidence Read moreIt was not clear from the records which photographs were edited and whether they were released publicly. A reporter’s tweet containing one such pair of images was retweeted by the official NPS Twitter account. She then contacted the NPS photographer who had covered the event the day before. The NPS photographer, whose name was also redacted, told investigators he was contacted by an unidentified official who asked for “any photographs that showed the inauguration crowd sizes”.

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2018 10:00 UTC