Trump inauguration crowd photos edited to make crowd appear larger: Report

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A government photographer edited photos to make the size of President Trump’s inauguration crowd appear bigger after a request from the president.

Documents released to The Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act show the photographer cropped out the empty space where the crowd ended after Trump seethed over images showing his crowd size was smaller than his predecessor Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration.

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