Trump hits Bob Woodward with $50 million lawsuit for releasing audio of interviews

[Nevilledog]

https://www.alternet.org/trump/trump-bob-woodward/

Former President Donald Trump has found a new foe in court -- the same journalist that broke the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal and who Trump talked to nearly two dozen times over eight months.

Trump is suing Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward, who he collaborated on a book with, stating that he allowed Woodward to record their conversations for the sole purpose of being used only for the book, "Rage."

The lawsuit alleges that Woodward along with publishing company Simon & Schuster and parent company Paramount Global did not have the legal rights to use recordings from the interview for an audiobook, "The Trump Tapes," that was released in October 2022.

Trump's lawsuit states that Simon & Schuster and Paramount Global illegally profited from the tapes, and he is seeking nearly $50 in damages. The figure comes from a future sales projection of 2 million audiobook copies being sold at $24.99.

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[Farmer-Rick]

1. Seeking nearly $50 in damages???

Is that a typo? $50 in damages? That's about 2 books worth.

[Nevilledog]

5. 50 million

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Your last paragraph

Says $50.....this is why we need editors.

[Nevilledog]

7. Yeah.....I see a lot of obvious errors in articles .

[Raven123]

2. Agreed to a recorded interview and surprised the guy is profiting from said recordings?

Wonder how fast this lawsuit will be tossed

[malaise]

4. I don't give a shit about either of them

but does Slobby have a signed agreement re the use of the recorded interviews?

One more loss coming up for the Slobfather

[emulatorloo]

10. Rage was a great book. Besides losing, I bet Trump will be paying Woodward's legal fees.

Which I will enjoy a lot!

[malaise]

12. And so say all of us

He's a never-ending pest

[agingdem]

8. Bob Woodward is not a stupid guy..

his lawyers are the best of the best as opposed to Trump's bus stop hacks...looking forward to discovery if it gets that far...

Trump's malignant narcissism does not allow him to turn down an opportunity to self-praise and pontificate...but when an author's book is not an ass-kissing homage to his brilliance, Trump demeans the author, denies his own words, and then sues for his standard $50 million dollars...

[Botany]

9. Trump and his lawyers are going to be out for court costs and legal fees if idiot boy keeps this up

n/t

[Freethinker65]

11. Trump might have a case?

If the recordings were used in the audiobook of Woodward's book Rage which used the interview material along with Woodward's prose, I doubt a lawsuit would be successful.
Would anyone buy the audiobook, the Trump Tapes without Trump's actual voice? Did Trump give away his rights to the recordings?

[Blue Owl]

13. The Fat Man's outta control

LOCK HIM UP ALREADY!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. It is only a matter of time before TFG is designated as a vexatious litigatant

[Duppers]

15. 🤣

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. This is another TFG frivolous lawsuit

TFG needs to be designated as a vexatious litigant.

Link to tweet

[Kid Berwyn]

17. A Fraud Exposed

“It’s in the air, Bob.”