White House bars WSJ from press trip over Epstein coverage that led to $10 billion lawsuit - New poll asks Americans whether they believe Wall Street Journal report about birthday letter Donald Trump

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.

President Trump is seeking $10 billion in a libel and defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch. NBC White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard reports the latest.

Here’s what President Donald Trump would have to prove to win his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal.

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners including Rupert Murdoch for at least $10 billion on Friday, over the newspaper's report that his name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for Jeffrey Epstein that included a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to secrets they shared.