Simon & Schuster is the second book publisher to join the pointlessly threatened with prior restraint by President Trump club. On Monday Trump’s attorney Charles Harder, writing on behalf of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc, sent a letter to Gallery Books about Omarosa Manigault-Newman’s book UNHINGED, which was released on Tuesday. He claimed the book “violates several provisions of Ms. Manigault-Newman’s written agreement with the company,” including a non-disparagement clause and a confidentiality clause. The letter linked to excerpts of the book published by the Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, and CNN, which Harder said put Manigault-Newman […]
