Thread: Trump’s lawyers send cease-and-desist letter to Bannon

Trump’s lawyers send cease-and-desist letter to BannonPresident Trump used to have kind words for his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, but things changed with his scathing statement on Jan. 3. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

By Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey January 3 at 11:13 PM

Lawyers for President Trump sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump’s former senior strategist Stephen K. Bannon, arguing he had violated a non-disclosure agreement in speaking about his time on the campaign and in Trump’s most trusted inner circle.

In a letter sent Wednesday night, Trump’s lawyers told Bannon his comments to author Michael Wolff in a soon-to-be-released tell-all book violate Bannon’s employment agreement that he signed with the Trump Organization in numerous ways and also likely defamed the president. They ordered that he stop communicating either confidential and or disparaging information, and preserve all records in preparation for “imminent” legal action.

“You have breached the Agreement by, among other things, communicating with author Michael Wolff about Mr. Trump, his family members, and the Company, disclosing Confidential Information to Mr. Wolff, and making disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements to Mr. Wolff about Mr. Trump, his family members, and the Company,” read the letter from lawyer Charles Harder.

In a statement late Wednesday, Harder said Bannon’s expansive comments about Trump and his family to Wolff expose him to “numerous legal claims including defamation by libel and slander, and breach of his written confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with our clients. Legal action is imminent.”

A representative for Bannon had no immediate comment on the letter.Trump is described as being enraged at Wolff’s new book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” that describes him as not prepared to be president, poorly informed about the basics of governing and ridiculed at times behind his back.

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It's such a shame that Bannon would invite someone like Michael Wolff into the White House to interview on protected government activities and events. It sounds like when it wasn't juicy enough or interesting enough, the author made up stuff. What was Bannon's point or purpose in doing that??

UPDATE
The publication of a forthcoming tell-all book about the White House is being rushed so it will go on sale Friday, despite President Trump's legal team demanding an immediate halt to its publication.

Oh good, get it out there fast so the White Houses can get full copies of it as soon as possible.

Trump Lawsuit Over White House Book 'Nonstarter,' Legal Experts Say

Yeah, I think it's very difficult to file a lawsuit until after the book has been published and the harm caused. I personally don't think it's going to harm the President or Don Jr. It's going to harm the people who actually spoke to Wolff, like Steve Bannon.