{"id":2465199,"date":"2025-07-22T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-axes-wall-street-journal-over-fake-and-defamatory-epstein-report\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:53:07","slug":"white-house-axes-wall-street-journal-over-fake-and-defamatory-epstein-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-axes-wall-street-journal-over-fake-and-defamatory-epstein-report\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Axes Wall Street Journal Over &#8216;Fake and Defamatory&#8217; Epstein Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-axes-wall-street-journal-over-fake-and-defamatory-epstein-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2465199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Wall Street Journal published a story alleging that former President Donald Trump sent a birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, which Trump strongly denies, calling the report &#8220;false, malicious, and defamatory.&#8221; In response to the article, the White house removed Tarini Parti, a Wall Street Journal reporter, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-maggie-haberman-attacks-president-trump-over-white-house-reporters-having-to-work-early-on-christmas-eve\/\" title=\"NY Times\u2019 Maggie Haberman Attacks ... Over ...s Having to Work Early on Christmas Eve\">press pool<\/a> covering Trump&#8217;s upcoming trip to Scotland. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that no media outlet is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-boots-wsj-from-press-pool-after-epstein-report\/\" title=\"... boots WSJ from ... after Epstein report\">guaranteed special access<\/a> to cover the president and cited the Journal&#8217;s publication of what they claim was &#8220;fake&#8221; content as the reason for the exclusion. CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang criticized the move as government retaliation against the press, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-handed-how-the-bush-family-cashed-in-on-friendship-with-chinese-official-involved-in-the-tiananmen-square-massacre\/\" title=\"\u2018Red-Handed\u2019: How the Bush Family Cashed In on Friendship with Chinese Official Involved in the Tiananmen Square Massacre\">threatening free speech<\/a> and autonomous journalism. Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over the story,insisting the alleged letter is fake and accusing the newspaper of publishing false facts despite warnings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the Wall Street Journal publishing what President Donald Trump has called a &ldquo;fake&rdquo; birthday card from him to Jeffrey Epstein, a reporter has been booted from a press pool covering Trump&rsquo;s upcoming trip to Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet alleged it found a 2003 letter from Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-johnson-delays-epstein-files-vote-6-weeks-give-trump-admin-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epstein<\/a>, which Trump denies. He has called the story &ldquo;false, malicious, and defamatory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tarini Parti, a White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was supposed to be part of the media pool covering Trump&rsquo;s upcoming trip to his golf courses in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p data-v-b1186a93=\"\">White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitts-response-peter-doocys-epstein-client-list-question-doesnt-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> said Parti will not be allowed on the trip, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/21\/journal-removed-white-house-pool-epstein-00465548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-b1186a93=\"\">&ldquo;As the appeals court confirmed, the Wall Street Journal or any other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD ...\">news outlet<\/a> are not guaranteed special access to cover President Trump in the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One, and in his private workspaces,&rdquo; Leavitt said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Due to the Wall Street Journal&rsquo;s fake and defamatory conduct, they will not be one of the thirteen outlets on board. Every news organization in the entire world wishes to cover President Trump, and the White House has taken significant steps to include as many voices as possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The White House has officially REMOVED The Wall Street Journal from the press pool after they <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >published fake news<\/a> about President Trump. Good riddance. Bunch of propagandists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rKdSvFKN8Y\">pic.twitter.com\/rKdSvFKN8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Suburban Black Man &#127482;&#127480; (@niceblackdude) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niceblackdude\/status\/1947382234840797460?\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-v-b1186a93=\"\">A White House representative declined to speculate on future plans to include or exclude the Wall Street Journal from future media pools.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang, the president of the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association earlier this month, criticized the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This attempt by the White House to punish a media outlet whose coverage it does not like is deeply troubling, and it defies the First Amendment,&rdquo; Jiang said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Government retaliation against news outlets based on the content of their reporting should concern all who value free speech and an independent media. We strongly urge the White House to restore the Wall Street Journal to its previous position in the pool and aboard Air Force One for the President&rsquo;s upcoming trip to Scotland.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p data-v-b1186a93=\"\">On Friday, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Journal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/letter-read-trump-doctors-full-diagnosis-presidents-new-condition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal<\/a>, &ldquo;I never wrote a picture in my life. I don&rsquo;t draw pictures of women.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not my language. It&rsquo;s not my words,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued,&rdquo; Trump posted on .<\/p>\n<p>Trump noted that the Journal was told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-suing-wall-street-journal-outlet-publishes-alleged-letter-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the letter<\/a> was fake.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don&rsquo;t even exist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The newspaper claimed to have discovered a 2003 letter from Trump to Epstein, which Trump denies, calling the report &#8220;false, malicious, and defamatory.&#8221; Tarini Parti, a White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal who was scheduled to join the media pool for Trump&#8217;s golf course visit in Scotland, was barred from attending. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that neither the Wall Street Journal nor any other news organization is guaranteed special access to cover President Trump in private settings such as the Oval Office or aboard Air Force One. She added that due to what she described as &#8220;fake and defamatory conduct&#8221; by the Wall Street Journal, they will not be among the thirteen media outlets allowed on board. A White House spokesperson declined to comment on whether this exclusion would continue in future events.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang criticized this move as an attempt by the White House to punish unfavorable coverage and called it a threat to free speech and independent journalism. She urged that the Wall Street Journal be reinstated in its previous role covering presidential trips.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, President Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over their story. He denied ever writing or drawing anything like what was published and said he had warned both Rupert Murdoch personally and The Wall Street Journal that if they printed such material falsely attributed to him, they would face legal action. Despite these warnings, he accused them of proceeding with a false and damaging story based on questionable sources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2465200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/default_wj.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[9142,59161,34247,32878,32127],"class_list":["post-2465199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-defamation","tag-epstein-report","tag-fake-news","tag-wall-street-journal","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/default_wj.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465203,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465199\/revisions\/2465203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}