Bauder reports a WSJ reporter’s exclusion from Trump’s Scotland pool
David Bauder reports the removal of a Wall Street Journal reporter from the Scotland-trip pool and attributes the explanation to Karoline Leavitt. [AP News]
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David Bauder published the article “Banishing a reporter: Trump escalates battle with Wall Street Journal over Epstein story” on 2025-07-21. [AP News]
AP attributed the decision to a White House statement about the Journal’s reporting. [AP News]
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The underlying birthday-letter authorship was disputed by Trump. This receipt concerns AP’s reporting about access, not an authorship finding or current lawsuit disposition. No independently inspected original White House release is attached. [AP News]
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- Original reporting or analysis · AP NewsAP reports Wall Street Journal exclusion (exact headline in publication fact)
Body opening through Aggressiveness with the press is in the Trump playbook; Leavitt statement.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-epstein-wall-street-journal-b006f3ef25e6b4ab910cc3b41c865227
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