The White House said The Wall Street Journal would not be in the press pool traveling with Trump to Scotland due to its report on the Epstein letter.

The president sued the publication last week, accusing it of defamation for an article about his ties to the disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The White House removed the Wall Street Journal from the coverage pool for President Donald Trump‘s trip to Scotland following the outlet’s coverage of Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Trump is headed across the pond this weekend for a meeting with U.

When the White House took control of the so-called “press pool” that accompanies the president, journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to punish news outlets.

The Trump administration removed The Wall Street Journal on Monday from the press pool covering the president's upcoming trip to Scotland -- a move that comes just days after Trump sued the outlet for $10 billion for reporting he had sent Jeffrey Epstein a "bawdy" birthday note in 2003.

The Journal reported that the president sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday card in 2003 with a drawing of a naked woman.

President Donald Trump on Friday denied that he was briefed on his name appearing in the case files of Jeffrey Epstein, seeming contradicting a recent report in the Wall Street Journal that he was. After Air Force One landed in Scotland today,

President Donald Trump barred a reporter from The Wall Street Journal from traveling on Air Force One when he travels to Scotland this week, days after suing the paper in his personal capacity for its reporting on his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A small group of protesters greeted the president at his golf course on Scotland’s west coast.

The president will be in Scotland for five days and is expected to meet with British and Scottish officials.