After striking out in their first foray in court, the Trump family got a reprieve Tuesday from the threat of a tell-all book by…
After striking out in their first foray in court, the Trump family got a reprieve Tuesday from the threat of a tell-all book by one of their own. For now.
A New York judge temporarily blocked publication of Mary Trump’s book about her uncle, President Donald Trump, to await more information before deciding whether to block publication permanently.
Mary Trump’s lawyer immediately vowed to appeal on First Amendment grounds.
Judge Hal B. Greenwald issued a temporary restraining order in Poughkeepsie, New York, requiring Mary Trump and her publisher, Simon & Schuster, to explain why the publication of her book should not be blocked. A hearing was set for July 10.
The book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” by the president’s niece, cannot be published until the judge reviews the merits of claims by the president’s brother, Robert Trump, that its publication would violate a pact among family members.
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According to the publisher, the book, scheduled to be published July 28, is a «revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him.»
The book’s description says Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist, «shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.
