04.01.2018 - 18:14 [ Techdirt ]

Donald Trump Hires Charles Harder To Threaten Steve Bannon With A Lawsuit, Block Publication Of New Book

If you follow political news at all, you probably saw the story yesterday concerning excerpts from Michael Wolff‘s upcoming book Fire and Fury, in which former Trump „Chief Strategist“ Steve Bannon appeared to completely throw Trump under the bus, allegedly saying a bunch of pretty negative things about Trump and his family — including the headline-making exaggerated opinion that Trump Jr., Kushner and Manafort meeting with Russians was „treasonous.“ Trump quickly responded in kind with one of the most incredible statements you‘ll see (and that‘s saying something, given the speaker) which starts out thusly: