Judge temporarily blocks publication of tell-all book by Mary Trump

New York, 1st July 2020: A judge in New York has temporarily blocked the publication of a tell-all book by President Trump’s niece.

As per CNN Business, A New York judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the publication of an unflattering tell-all book written by President Trump’s niece that Simon & Schuster is set to publish in July.

The ruling, issued by Judge Hal B. Greenwald of the New York State Supreme Court, the state’s trial court, is the first legal win for Robert S. Trump, the younger brother of the President.

Robert Trump has sought to block the book by Mary Trump, the President’s niece, contending it violates a confidentiality agreement related to the estate of the President’s father, Fred Trump.

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“Robert Trump is very pleased with the New York Supreme Court’s injunction against Mary Trump and Simon & Schuster,” Charles Harder, Robert Trump’s attorney, said in a statement.

Ted Boutrous, a renowned First Amendment attorney who represents Mary Trump, and who has also represented CNN on matters in the past, said the order “flatly violates the First Amendment.”

“We will immediately appeal,” Boutrous said. “This book, which addresses matters of great public concern and importance about a sitting president in an election year, should not be suppressed even for one day.”

Simon & Schuster describes Mary Trump’s book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” as a “revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him.”

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The book was the fourth bestselling book on Amazon Tuesday afternoon.

In a Tuesday evening affidavit, Jonathan Karp, the chief executive of Simon & Schuster said that blocking the book from a publication would “impose extraordinary economic harm” to the company.

Karp disclosed that Simon & Schuster had already printed approximately 75,000 copies of the book. Karp further said that it “no longer maintains control of the copies” that have been shipped to booksellers and online retailers.

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Karp added that Simon & Schuster had been unaware of any confidentiality agreement Mary Trump had agreed to until “about two weeks ago, well after the book had been accepted, put into production, and printing had begun.”

Robert Trump has argued that as part of litigation related to their father Fred Trump’s will, a settlement was reached that included a confidentiality provision. That provision was agreed upon by all parties, including Mary Trump.

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