the president of the united states cannot stop publication of a book that s critical of him simply because he believes that s what s said is not true. and isn t that the key? because there would have to be discovery, even if he could get a lawsuit going, he d have to prove that each and every one of these salacious claims isn t true. that s exactly right. i think, you know, he s already had a little bit of a warning because the discovery that came out of tim o brien s lawsuit, he s just a gold mine. and this would be even worse. and you know, and richard painter s right. prior restraint is expressly unconstitutional. the new york times the nixon administration discovered that during the pentagon papers. and that was certainly a more serious case than somebody saying mean things to him about him in a book. he s going to flounder around and assume that everyone s impressed by the tenor of his anger. but the fact remains, the
the events never happened. never. all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. donald trump loved to threaten defamation lawsuits. he s done it lots of times. but he doesn t follow through. he s talked about suing senator ted cruz, the women who accused him of sexual assault, and the new york times. it s not a surprise trump s lawyers sent a letter to the author and publisher of the blockbuster new book on the trump administration demanding they immediately cease and sea cyst from any further publication r. i lease, or dissemination of the book. instead the release date was moved up by four days due to unprecedented demand. the book s author shared his gratitude in a tweet. you can buy it and read it tomorrow, thank you, mr. president. trump s threat to sue could serve as a flashing green light for others who have worked with
it s pretty amazing. this is what richard painter, chief ethics lawyer for george w. bush, had to say about the idea of donald trump trying to use a lawsuit threat to keep the book from being released. there is no way they re going to be able to stop publication. no way. this is not russia. the president of the united states cannot stop publication of a book that s critical of him simply because he believes that s what s said is not true. and isn t that the key? because there would have to be discovery, even if he could get a lawsuit going, he d have to prove that each and every one of these salacious claims isn t true. that s exactly right. i think, you know, he s already had a little bit of a warning because the discovery that came out of tim o brien s lawsuit, he s just a gold mine. and this would be even worse. and you know, and richard painter s right. prior restraint is expressly unconstitutional. the new york times the nixon administration discovered that during the
new york times. it s not a surprise trump s lawyers sent a letter to the author and publisher of the blockbuster new book on the trump administration demanding they immediately cease and sea cyst from any further publication r. i lease, or dissemination of the book. instead the release date was moved up by four days due to unprecedented demand. the book s author shared his gratitude in a tweet. you can buy it and read it tomorrow, thank you, mr. president. trump s threat to sue could serve as a flashing green light for others who have worked with the president who may have their own ax to grind, or aspirations of writing a book about their time in trump world. i ve seen things that have made me uncomfortable, that have upset me, that have affected me deeply and emotionally, has affected my community and my people. when i can tell my story, it is a profound story that i know the
world will want to hear. we see charlie pierce, writer at large for esquire. donald trump has threatened to sue before, threatened to sue tim o brien, threatens all the time, doesn t follow through that much. if you re omarosa, who knows donald trump, she knows he makes threats, she says she s got a story to tell. do these threats and does this book incentivize someone like omarosa to be next in the door with a book? absolutely. and one thing to keep in mind, this guy hasn t been president for a year yet. he s being snowed under by tell-all my 35 minutes in donald trump s white house. it s pretty amazing. this is what richard painter, chief ethics lawyer for george w. bush, had to say about the idea of donald trump trying to use a lawsuit threat to keep the book from being released. there is no way they re going to be able to stop publication. no way. this is not russia.