Trump campaign preparing to sue ex-staffer who wrote tell-all book, official says

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY JUSTIN WISE - 01/29/19 09:52 AM EST

A top official for President Trump's 2020 campaign said Tuesday that the campaign was preparing to file a lawsuit against former White House communications aide Cliff Sims for violating a nondisclosure agreement (NDA).

"The Trump campaign is preparing to file suit against Cliff Sims for violating our NDA," Michael Glassner, chief operating officer of Donald J. Trump for President Inc., wrote on Twitter.

The remark came the same day Sims's tell-all book, "Team of Vipers," was published.

Link to tweet

Sims's memoir, released Tuesday, recounts his time working in the White House and reportedly details White House dysfunction and infighting.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/427417-top-official-says-trump-campaign-preparing-to-sue-ex-staffer-who-wrote-tell

[The Truth Is Here]

1. Trump's personal NDA is already declared invalid.

So the tell-all is going to be Trump's fault, and will end up paying Cliff Sims a lot of money.

[leftynyc]

2. Does donnie realize this

CONFIRMS that this guy is telling the truth? If not, he'd be suing for defamation. Either way, it's getting laughed out of court.

[grumpyduck]

3. Cue Michael Avenatti.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. He was on CNN earlier and laughing about the tweets and lawsuits with Allison C.

[Shrike47]

5. Yah, yah, yah, Big Donnie's going to sue. Many threats, few suits. A coward, as usual.

[mac56]

6. Please proceed.

They'll have to testify, under oath, about every allegation in the book.

[KPN]

7. Typical tRump move, bludgeon detractors/enemies with your money via lawsuits. What an

frigging malignant disease this person is.

[efhmc]

8. Good way to increase sales.

nt

[Still In Wisconsin]

9. Trump's M.O. is always to threaten lawsuits...

Much of the time, he doesn't follow through. The mere threat of a suit from Trump is supposed to bend adversaries to his will.

[Rorey]

10. Campaign vs administration

Maybe a legal expert can answer, but I notice that it's the *campaign* that is threatening legal action. Before Individual 1 got to be President, we didn't *own* him, so I'm wondering if he was allowed to have campaign workers sign one.

If so, maybe Individual 1 thinks that legal pressure on Sims will shut him up, but sadly for Individual 1, the book is already published and distributed.

[onenote]

16. An NDA between Sims and the campaign might have been enforceable

while he was employed by the campaign. But it wouldn't be enforceable with respect to his employment by the federal government. He's not Trump's servant.

[Rorey]

20. Thank you!

Sounds like just an intimidation tactic.

[Docreed2003]

11. Funny how anyone who dares criticize King Don from the inside

Is someone he "hardly knew", "a coffee boy", "a gofer"...this shot has become laughably predictable.

[Canoe52]

12. If they had a leg to stand on they wouldn't they first try to

stop the book being published? Not sue after the fact?

[onenote]

15. From a constitutional standpoint, prior restraints are more difficult than after the fact damages.

[onenote]

13. The consensus among legal experts is that the Trump NDAs are unconstitutional and unenforceable

[RockRaven]

14. Good luck with that.

Trump's lawsuits almost always go away before discovery. Especially ones he's likely to lose anyway.

[smirkymonkey]

17. Hah! Good luck with that, lard-ass!

[msongs]

18. great news then all this stuff will come out as testimony in open court nt

[marble falls]

19. That was stupid, Trump just sold another million copies with that announcement.

[Stuart G]

21. I have said this before, and I will say it again..Mr. Trump doesn't have a clue..

Hard to believe...but he is kinda ..."stupid" This ain't his private business anymore..

Dopey Trump...you do not have a clue..................Says Stu...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LuckyLib]

22. Saw him interviewed on Colbert. Really, really, dumb. Yet more evidence that

the Drumpf administration hired "only the best"!