President Biden appeared to use another of his “cheat sheets” to call on pre-approved journalists after the G20 summit in Rome on Sunday, according to a report.
The commander-in-chief admitted that he was told to give the Associated Press the first question, video posted by Fox News shows.
“And now I’m happy to take some questions. And I’m told I should start with AP, Zeke Miller,” he said.
In June, Biden used the same procedure at his high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland, where he seemed to be hiding the notes from the former KBG agent.
As journalists recorded the scene, Biden glanced at his paper before tucking it into an inside pocket of his jacket.
“I’ll take your questions, and as usual, folks, they gave me a list of the people I’m going to call on,” Biden told the assembled media at the time.
It was unclear what Biden’s notes said in Geneva, but he’s been photographed in the past holding a chart with the names and faces of reporters, apparently marked with numbers showing in which order he planned to call on them.
In September, Biden also carried a cheat sheet as he toured damage from Hurricane Ida in Louisiana.
He walked to the Marine One chopper with a sheet of officials’ names and photos sticking out of his pants pocket. He also appeared to have a script in his pocket.
And in August, Biden also resorted to a list of pre-approved journalists who questioned him after the terror attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
“Ladies and gentlemen, they gave me a list here. The first person I was instructed to call on was Kelly O’Donnell from NBC,” he said.
The president has apparently been favoring journalists from the AP, NBC News, the Washington Post, Reuters and Bloomberg News.