President Donald Trump's family has gone to court to try to block publication of his niece's book about him, her publisher and her lawyer confirmed to NBC News.
The family's legal action was first reported by The New York Times. The paper cited an unidentified person familiar with the matter as saying the president's younger brother, Robert Trump, had filed for a temporary restraining order against Mary Trump in Queens Surrogate's Court, which handles will disputes.Mary Trump and her brother, Fred Trump III, were involved in a messy court fight over their grandfather's estate in 2000, the New York Daily News reported at the time.
"When he sued us, we said, 'Why should we give him medical coverage?'" Donald Trump told the newspaper then, referring to Fred Trump III. "She's not allowed to write a book," Trump told Axios in an interview."You know, when we settled with her and her brother, who I do have a good relationship with — she's got a brother, Fred, who I do have a good relationship with — but when we settled, she has a total ... signed a nondisclosure."Mary Trump's book,"Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man," is scheduled to be released July 28.
Trump will be looking hard for one of his pocket judges to handle this lawsuit.
Isn't the Trump family also going to court to get the book published? Both sides are Trumps here.
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