The publisher behind Omarosa Manigault Newman’s recently released book, “Unhinged,” said Thursday it was unmoved by “legal threats” from President Trump’s campaign over the contents of the book and will continue to roll the product out unfazed by the possible consequences.
“My clients will not be intimidated by hollow legal threats and have proceeded with publication of the Book as schedule,” Elizabeth McNamara, Simon and Schuster’s outside counsel, wrote in a response to Trump campaign lawyer Charles Harder, according to CNN.
“Should you pursue litigation against S&S, we are confident that documents related to the contents of the Book in the possession of President Trump, his family members, his businesses, the Trump Campaign, and his administration will prove particularly relevant to our defense,” McNamara added.
On Tuesday, Harder filed an arbitration action against the former White House aide and claimed she had violated a nondisclosure agreement she had signed while working on Trump’s campaign in 2016.
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Manigault Newman has been releasing information and recordings regarding conversations she had with senior White House officials during her year on staff.
Harder stated the agreement had included language that Manigault Newman would not “disparage” the Trump family “during the term of your service and at all time thereafter.”
Simon and Schuster says the agreement would have no control over nonclassified information that she wishes to share now that she no longer works in the Trump administration.
“Private contracts like the NDA may not be used to censor former or current government officials from speaking about non-classified information learned during the course of their public employment,” McNamara wrote.
An official told the Washington Examiner earlier this week that Trump is suing Manigault Newman for millions of dollars in retaliation as well as any “ill-gotten profits” from her book.
