A Donald Trump campaign staffer and a private security guard removed a POLITICO reporter from a campaign rally here on Thursday evening for reporting at the event without the campaign’s permission.

A campaign staffer spotted the reporter typing on a laptop outside of the press pen at the San Jose Convention Center and asked the reporter, who was attending on a general admission ticket, if he had press credentials. The Trump campaign has refused to credential the reporter for multiple events…

In ejecting unwelcome attendees, the campaign often argues that its rallies are private events “paid for by Mr. Trump.” American taxpayers, however, foot the bill for Trump’s Secret Service protection at the events, and local governments often incur costs for policing the disruptions the events cause.

Minutes after the ejection, the campaign sent the reporter an email, denying credentials to Trump’s Friday rally in Redding, California.