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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts) Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:18 AM Aug 2018

Battle over probably unconstitutional gag order

John Fritze and Gregory Korte, USA TODAY
Published 6:27 p.m. ET Aug. 13, 2018 | Updated 7:47 p.m. ET Aug. 13, 2018

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump frequently used nondisclosure agreements to protect his reputation as a real estate magnate and television star, but legal experts said Monday the documents are useless at controlling former White House aides.

Trump’s feud with Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former White House staffer publishing a book critical of the president, reignited a debate about the use of nondisclosure agreements to bar aides from discussing the administration.

Trump blasted Manigault Newman in a series of tweets, describing her as "wacky" and "not smart." He also appeared to confirm the White House requires employees to sign non-disclosure agreements, saying Manigault Newman agreed to sign one before writing her book.

But experts questioned Trump's use of the agreements at the White House, noting that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting an employee’s ability to speak up about what they saw while working in a public job ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/13/trump-omarosa-battle-over-nondisclosure-agreement/981329002/

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Battle over probably unconstitutional gag order (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2018 OP

Omarosa: I never signed that nondisclosure agreement struggle4progress Aug 2018 #1

i hope she counter-sues for defamation unblock Aug 2018 #2

I questioned the NDA legality when Rachel discussed it last night ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #3

tRump has gone through life threatening and intimidating people stopbush Aug 2018 #4

That was his modus operandi in the past. I think people are beginning to catch on ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #7

Interesting, thanks. Hortensis Aug 2018 #5

Betting he doesn't want that to be nullified. gibraltar72 Aug 2018 #6

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)

1. Omarosa: I never signed that nondisclosure agreement

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:20 AM

Aug 2018

unblock

(52,228 posts)

2. i hope she counter-sues for defamation

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:25 AM

Aug 2018

publicly calling someone "wacky" and "not smart" gets her case off to a very strong start.

she's got some celebrity, so the bar may be high, though i'm not sure it applies in the context of her white house job.

in any event, he's clearly trying to damage her reputation, which isn't good for his case....

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

3. I questioned the NDA legality when Rachel discussed it last night

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:30 AM

Aug 2018

He's still trying to run the WH like a TV show. He simply does not realize there is a huge difference. Sad! Pathetic!

stopbush

(24,396 posts)

4. tRump has gone through life threatening and intimidating people

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:45 AM

Aug 2018

who he knows don’t have the financial wherewithall to defend themselves from the imagined legal onslaught of a (fake) billionaire. He makes threats that have no legal basis. But his targets just assume the threat is legit.