Reporters from The Wall Street Journal have been removed from a pool of journalists covering Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to Scotland in the wake of the newspaper’s reporting on the president’s alleged 50th birthday card to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The White House is banning the Wall Street Journal from traveling with President Trump during an upcoming trip to Scotland over the outlet’s reporting on the president’s alleged

A White House spokesperson declined to comment on if the Journal would be included in the pool in the future, either on the White House campus or on subsequent trips.

Plus: Trump sued the Wall Street Journal Friday over the newspaper's report that his name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for Epstein.

The DOJ’s move followed days of turmoil and some rare criticism from President Donald Trump’s base over his administration’s chaotic handling of documents related to the disgraced financier. Trump lashed out on social media yesterday,