While there may well not have been ethical intentions behind this removal (who knows), I think reporting to the press directly is probably better than reporting it to a government, so as to avoid giving the government a chance to cover things up.
> > Trump Says It Is “Really Illegal” for Journalists to Give His Administration Negative Coverage
This is not far away from "defamation" in western world.
I'm not siding with Trump here, but every western politician seem to think that he/she/it can do whatever he/she/it wants and every criticism must be regarded as defamation.