Stormy Daniels Should Make a Deal with Some Publisher

[MineralMan]

and then blow the whistle on Trump, big-time. Trump will threaten to sue, but lawsuits involve discovery. Can Trump stand exposure from such discovery? I guess not.

Just call his bluff. Use one of Trump's tactics and call his bluff. Lay all of the available facts on the public table and rely on expert legal help paid for by the terms of the publishing deal.

That's what I'd do if I were in her shoes. Just go for it. Drop the bomb on him.

[mainer]

1. I suspect she's already fielding offers from publishers

We just haven't heard yet about which publisher is the winner.

[MineralMan]

3. I hope that is the case, and that this

goes public.

[True Dough]

2. Let's come up with a name for that book

A Stormy Affair

I Got Trumped, But I'm Fighting Back

Keep Your Little Hands (and Everything Else) Off Me!

[jberryhill]

4. That's extremely simplistic

Daniels is currently litigating the enforceability of the contract she has already signed.

The contract requires all disputes to be exclusively addressed in private arbitration.

So there is no "threaten to sue" or "discovery" involved, if the contract is held to be enforceable.

When you have a contract with an arbitration clause, it does not at all work the way you imagine it does.

[MineralMan]

6. Yes, I'm sure it is.

However, if she has the actual evidence, just hand it over and let the publisher publish it and then sort it all out later. The publisher will have to agree to pay any penalties in advance, so a careful analysis of the agreement will have to be done.

It's really quite simple.

[jberryhill]

9. Did you read the contract?

The publisher will have to agree to pay any penalties in advance

Yah, sure.

Have you ever even read the thing you are talking about?

The liquidated damages clause of the contract calls for $1M for each discrete disclosure.

Even if each copy of the book were treated as a single disclosure (as opposed to individual disclosures of each separate fact), then you believe that counsel for some publisher is going to indemnify her at $1M a copy?

[EffieBlack]

5. Lawsuits are Trump's MO

And they usually scare people off because he has deeper pockets than they do.

But if someone with deeper pockets than he has is willing to go toe-to-toe with him in court, he'll back down, as all punk-assed bullies do.

[MineralMan]

7. Yup. That's the point, really. But, she will need a partner

willing to deal with the legal side and any penalty payments.

[EffieBlack]

8. Yep

I'm sure she'll find someone. And she's clearly fearless and can't be intimidated or slut-shamed, so Trump has few weapons left.