Judge lifts restraining order on Mary Trump on eve of book's release

A New York judge on Monday lifted a temporary restraining order preventing Mary Trump from discussing her forthcoming tell-all book about her uncle President Trump and their family on the eve of the memoir’s release.

Judge Hal Greenwald of the Dutchess County Supreme Court denied Robert Trump’s bid for a preliminary injunction preventing Mary Trump or her publisher, Simon & Schuster, from publishing or distributing “Too Much Is Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.”

The development marked a win for the president's niece and a loss for his brother, who filed multiple lawsuits to block the release on the grounds that Mary Trump was violating a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) signed by members of the Trump family. It will allow Mary Trump to promote her book when it hits bookshelves on Tuesday.

The book, portions of which were reported by The Hill and other news outlets last week, offers a scathing critique of President Trump, accusing him of a penchant for lying and cheating and describing him as a narcissist.

Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist, also paints a bleak portrait of the Trump family, writing that the president’s father, Fred Trump, neglected his children and that his behavior had a lasting effect on the President Trump and other members of the family.

Greenwald in the 20-page decision dismissed Robert Trump’s argument that Mary Trump’s book violated a 2001 contract signed by the family, describing the agreement as written as overly broad. The judge also said it would be “moot” to keep the restraining order on Mary Trump in place at the c... (Read more)

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