Ex-White House aide Cliff Sims sues Trump over nondisclosure agreements

[mobeau69]

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Source: CNN

Mark Zaid, Sims' attorney, argues in the lawsuit, "The U.S. Government is intentionally and unconstitutionally engaging in a subterfuge effort to use a private entity, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., to do its bidding to silence Mr. Sims when it is really the intense powers of the Presidency coming down upon a sole individual."

The lawsuit requests a court ruling that Trump "may not enforce, whether directly or through non-U.S. Government cutouts, any nondisclosure agreements that seek to unconstitutionally infringe upon his First Amendment rights."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/cliff-sims-trump-silencing-nda-white-house-aide/index.html

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The argument has a lot of merit.

[tableturner]

1. He can't silence federal workers regarding what's learned in a federal job.

This will be an easy win.

Edited to add: Of course I am not referring to classified information, the restrictions of which would have nothing to do with the non-disclosure agreement.

[Jarqui]

2. Might also get more Trump staff talking ... nt

[kimbutgar]

3. It should be a class action lawsuit from all aggrieved parties who signed the orange maggots NDA's

[Honeycombe8]

4. Interesting. I wonder if those NDAs are constitutional. Others have written books, like Omarosa.

Is Trump suing all those who have written books?

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Unlike the others, Sims spent a lot of time

with Trump in his capacity as Director of Message Strategy.

[DonViejo]

6. Locking...

The consensus of Forum Hosts agrees, an ex-staffer suing the President over enforcement of an NDA that staffer willingly signed, is not important news of national interest