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.