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White House faces backlash after booting The Wall Street Journal from Scotland media coverage plans
The move comes after The Journal reported that the president sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday card in 2003 with a drawing of a naked woman.
A sign saying "twinned with Epstein Island" has been put up at Donald Trump's golf course in Aberdeen ahead of his visit to Scotland. The action comes amid MAGA backlash over the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein case.
Protesters sabotaged Donald Trump’s golf course in Aberdeenshire with a placard that claimed the luxury resort was “twinned with Epstein Island”.
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 White House is pulling the Wall Street Journal's spot in the press pool covering President Trump's trip to Scotland, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. The big picture: The decision came after Trump sued the news outlet Friday over a story describing a letter bearing his name that the WSJ says was given to Jeffrey Epstein.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Department of Justice wants to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend. Maxwell was convicted in 2020 of helping the disgraced financier sexually abuse underage girls and is currently serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison.
The White House removed the Wall Street Journal from its press pool after it published a story on a disputed letter linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.
The action comes amid backlash over the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein case. A sign saying "twinned with Epstein Island" has been put up at Donald Trump's golf course in Aberdeen ahead of his visit to Scotland.