After President Donald Trump viciously denounced Steve Bannon over the former White House adviser’s comments in a forthcoming book, a lawyer for the President threatened legal action against Bannon in a Wednesday night letter.
In the letter first reported by ABC News, attorney Charles Harder said that Trump would sue Bannon for defamation and breaking a confidentiality agreement.
“This law firm represents President Donald J. Trump and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. On behalf of our clients, legal notice was issued today to Stephen K. Bannon, that his actions of communicating with author Michael Wolff regarding an upcoming book give rise to numerous legal claims including defamation by libel and slander, and breach of his written confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with our clients. Legal action is imminent,” Harder said in a statement to ABC News.
Harder told Bannon that he must stop sharing confidential and defamatory information and should preserve records to prepare for the coming lawsuit.
Trump waged war on Bannon Wednesday following the release of excerpts from a new book highlighting comments from Bannon criticizing Trump and his administration. Bannon spoke with journalist Michael Wolff for the book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” and charged that the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign members and a Kremlin-linked lawyer was “treasonous.” An excerpt published by New York Magazine also gave the impression that Bannon did not take Trump seriously and that Bannon played a major role in Trump’s first moves as president.
Shortly after the excerpt was published, Trump disavowed Bannon and said that he had “lost his mind.”
“Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind,” Trump said in a statement.
The President went on to claim that Bannon had little to do with his 2016 victory and trash Bannon’s political prowess.
“This law firm represents President Donald J. Trump and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. On behalf of our clients, legal notice was issued today to Stephen K. Bannon, that his actions of communicating with author Michael Wolff regarding an upcoming book give rise to numerous legal claims including defamation by libel and slander,"
Just like the allegations by numerous women against Trump of sexual abuse gave rise to legal claims of defamation by libel and slander. Go ahead and file your lawsuit, fatso.
I’m sorry: President Fatso.
Important news:
Trump Angrily Throws Steve Bannon’s Signed Copy of “Mein Kampf” in Trash
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Furious over a very public breakup with his former adviser Steve Bannon, Donald Trump on Wednesday angrily threw a copy of “Mein Kampf” that Bannon had inscribed to him in the trash. The book, which Bannon had given to Trump as a token of his love and friendship during the 2016 campaign, had been among Trump’s most prized possessions, aides said. “Trump loved that book, but now he feels that having Bannon’s name on it ruins it,” an aide said.
Another aide, however, cautioned not to make too much of the fact that Trump discarded the Bannon-signed Hitler book. “He’s still got plenty of other copies,” the aide said. While most of Trump’s aides reflexively took their boss’s side in the dustup with Bannon, one staffer could not help expressing some sympathy for the exiled former adviser. “To be called mentally ill by Donald Trump—that’s got to hurt,” the aide said.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Nah, screw them both…
That horse bolted long time ago…
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This appears to be win-win…for us