New York judge lifted temporary restraining order on President Trump’s niece Mary Trump, allowing you to speak freely before the next publication of your book that says it all. The Trump family had argued that Mary Trump violated the 2001 terms of patriarch Fred Trump’s estate by writing the report, but Judge Hal Greenwald denied her request.
“To reiterate the court’s position, the Settlement was a stipulation that resolved multiple claims and, in return, consideration was paid, no specific consideration was paid for confidentiality,” Greenwald wrote in the decision. “Also, what was confidential was the financial aspect of the Agreement, which may not be as interesting now as it might have been in 2001. On the other hand, the non-confidential part of the Agreement, Trump’s family relationships, may be more interesting now in 2020 with a presidential election on the horizon. ”
Mary Trump’s attorney, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., said in a statement that “the court did well.”
Simon & Schuster, a ViacomCBS affiliate, will publish their book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Most Dangerous Man in the World.”
The restraining order did not apply to Simon & Schuster, who planned to go ahead with the publication regardless of the lawsuit. The judge’s decision will now allow Mary Trump to do interviews to promote the book.
Mary Trump is the daughter of Mr. Trump’s older brother, Frederick Trump Jr., who died in 1981 at the age of 42 after battling alcoholism. The book offers an intimate and first-hand account of the president’s education and her rise to one of the most powerful positions in the world.
“She wants people to know who is in office, who runs the country, who is one of the most powerful people in the world, and how she became what she is,” Mary’s friend Alice Hafter-Frankston said to “CBS This Morning”. ”
In the book, Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist, presents a case claiming that Trump is a “narcissist.” She points to Mr. Trump’s relationship with his father, Fred, whom he calls a sociopath, as a driving force behind the president’s alleged problems.
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