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 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 White House is facing backlash from press groups after booting The Wall Street Journal from a cohort of media outlets set to cover President Donald Trump's upcoming trip to Scotland."This attempt by the White House to punish a media outlet whose coverage it does not like is deeply troubling,

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.

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