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Trump Sues Bolton over Book Release

Some things coming out of the Bolton Book lawsuit:

It seems that some of the "classified material" in the book was classified after Bolton had been given the all-clear by the reviewer.
It is possible that the lawsuit was made so late because until the re-classification there would have been no argument.

If Bolton and his Publisher have the stamina, they might well prevail even on the Royalties issue.
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
I can't be bothered to follow this up with any research on my part but did he actually have his own money invested in any of these ventures or did he just lend his name for a hefty fee and walk away with a pile of cash?
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Where do you think his private jet came from? A 757 cost a lot back in the day. When his airline went bankrupt a 757 magically became his own.
 
Now Trump's niece is writing a book. This one will be about the family and just how screwed up they all really are. Mary Trump, daughter of deceased Fred Trump is set to publish "Too Much and Never Enough". Mary Trump says that the book will be an "Authoritative portrait of Donald Trump and the toxic family that made him." Mary Trump also revealed she was the primary source for the 2018 story on Trump's tax evasion. The book is going to be released on 28 July.

When the family settled lawsuits over the disposition of Fred Trump senior's estate, Trump says she signed an NDA and is not allowed to publish the book. I gather she sees it differently.
 
slyjoe said:
Don't sell him short - he's had six bankruptcies:

Trump Taj Mahal Associates, Atlantic City casino — 1991
Trump Castle Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City casino — 1992
Trump Plaza Associates, Atlantic City casino — 1992
Plaza Operating Partners, Manhattan hotel — 1992
Trump Casino Holdings, Atlantic City casinos — 2004
Trump Entertainment Resorts, Atlantic City casinos — 2009
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He was probably paying himself a big salary and/or licencing fees and got a huge tax credit from the bankruptcy itself. It’s entirely possible he personally still made money on these and it was just banks and other investors that lost.
 
Sorry if this was mentioned and I just missed it, but:

TRUMP V BOLTON: Trying to Stop The Room Where It Happened From Happening By U.S. Dept. of Justice
Own a piece of American History in the making!

READ why President Donald Trump wants the highly anticipated White House memoir of former National Security Advisor John Bolton for YOURSELF!

Inside you’ll find out why the US DOJ, and especially Donald Trump want to prevent this book from being published.

They say it contains a plethora of classified information, LIKE WHAT?
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What am I looking at? Is this a joke? I can't even tell anymore.

Can one even publish a book under another organization's name?
 
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The Great Zaganza said:
Some things coming out of the Bolton Book lawsuit:

It seems that some of the "classified material" in the book was classified after Bolton had been given the all-clear by the reviewer.
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Here is a reference for that particular claim:

From; The Week
...the DOJ admitted in a Friday filing, parts of Bolton's book weren't even classified until the government got its first look at it... The DOJ's main argument for suppressing the publication and distribution of The Room Where It Happened is that it contains classified information, and that Bolton didn't submit it for a proper review. But several officials did get a look at it — including one who read the book before parts of it ended up classified, the DOJ said Friday during a hearing with Bolton's legal team and the judge overseeing their case.

Frankly, I think the judge really dropped the ball here. He made the right decision (that publication should be allowed), but seemed to do so for the wrong reasons.

Instead of claiming 'the book is already out there', the reasons he should have used were:
- The book had already been reviewed and cleared, before the review process was re-opened
- As mentioned above, materials were changed to classified only after Bolton submitted his work for review
- The individual doing the 'second' review didn't actually receive proper training before doing the review (not to mention being a Trump toady)
- The government was in violation of the law with the review process

From: Law and Crime
The Department of Justice admitted on Friday that a Trump loyalist (Michael Ellis) who reviewed John Bolton’s book for classified information conducted that review before he received required annual training on the process for doing so.

From: The Hill
the nondisclosure agreement Bolton was required to sign...set a strict time limit for the government to conduct its review. The agreement only permitted the government a “reasonable opportunity to determine” if a book contained classified information, that under the rules cannot “exceed 30 working days from date of receipt.”... if the government followed the law the book should have been reviewed and cleared well before the Senate was asked to vote on subpoenaing Bolton to testify at president’s impeachment trial. Instead, the review of the book was delayed until long after the impeachment proceedings ended.
 
Some surprising information contained in the book. Even what's on this one page is quite shocking:

 
I appreciate the effort, but a week or two ago a guy Rickrolled Rick Astley. That's the pinnacle right there, and any attempt to Rickroll anybody else from now on can only ever be a pale shadow.
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
I appreciate the effort, but a week or two ago a guy Rickrolled Rick Astley. That's the pinnacle right there, and any attempt to Rickroll anybody else from now on can only ever be a pale shadow.
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Oh, I'm sure I can never match that, but I'm still never gonna give it up. That would let you down.
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
I appreciate the effort, but a week or two ago a guy Rickrolled Rick Astley. That's the pinnacle right there, and any attempt to Rickroll anybody else from now on can only ever be a pale shadow.
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I don't know. It was pretty impressive in 2008 when Rick Astley himself Rickrolled everyone watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
 
Bolton is denying claims published in The Telegraph last Sunday that he will be voting for Biden. He does confirm that he will not be voting for Trump, but says he'll be writing in a conservative Republican's name.
 
Stacyhs said:
Bolton is denying claims published in The Telegraph last Sunday that he will be voting for Biden. He does confirm that he will not be voting for Trump, but says he'll be writing in a conservative Republican's name.
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I think that says a lot about Bolton.

The man who was SO concerned about how bad Trump's actions were... the man who said Trump should be a 'one term president', is unwilling to vote for Biden, the one action that would be most useful in removing Trump from power. (Not that that one vote would likely make a difference... but it shows yet another failure on his part to respond to corruption.)
 
Segnosaur said:
I think that says a lot about Bolton.

The man who was SO concerned about how bad Trump's actions were... the man who said Trump should be a 'one term president', is unwilling to vote for Biden, the one action that would be most useful in removing Trump from power. (Not that that one vote would likely make a difference... but it shows yet another failure on his part to respond to corruption.)
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Biden could try doing something to earn that vote.

Bolton and I are similar in that you are probably doing something wrong if we want to vote for you...for different reasons.
 
BobTheCoward said:
Biden could try doing something to earn that vote.
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If Bolton doesn't think Biden is a valid selection now, then he doesn't really think Trump's corruption is that bad.

Full stop. End of story.

There is no chance that that "the other conservative" Bolton will write in will win the election. The choice is between Biden and Trump. If you don't take every effort to remove Trump (even if it means voting for a democrat) then you are minimizing Trump's corruption.

You either think "A person as corrupt as Trump should not be in power", or you think "Trump's behavior is acceptable because of policy reasons".
 
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