Overview

• Donald Trump's presidential campaign reportedly blocked NBC News journalist Vaughn Hillyard from covering campaign events in New Hampshire.
• Hillyard was set to serve as a pool reporter, representing multiple news organizations.
• The exclusion came after Hillyard asked New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik, a potential Trump running mate, about the ex-president's sexual assault case involving E Jean Carroll.
• Despite the Trump campaign's denial that Hillyard's exclusion was retaliatory, the former president has a history of trying to retaliate against news organizations for their coverage.
• There is an ongoing trial over how much Trump should have to pay in damages for separate defamatory comments he made in 2019.