If a lawsuit stops publication of Fire and Fury, Seth Abramson promises to tweet it line by line

[Mrs. Overall]

on his Twitter account.

His advance copy is on its way.

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. They won't be able to stop the publication... The barn door is already WIDE OPEN.

[Mrs. Overall]

3. Dump's lawyers are supposedly filing the lawsuit this morning.

I'm not sure what will happen in terms of publication and distribution.

[hlthe2b]

6. Anyone can file, but they will not succeed.

[PatSeg]

17. Trump appears to get his lawyers

from the back of a matchbook. I can't even imagine how any of them got through law school.

Meanwhile, this is all probably just to appease the big man-baby in the White House, who most likely believes they can stop Wolff's book. I'm sure Trump is missing his Trump Tower days, where he could bully, threaten, and sue the crap out of everyone.

[Zambero]

7. And the Emperor's new clothes are on full display

Once seen, never unseen.

[highplainsdem]

2. The publisher's legal department would have anticipated such a lawsuit and decided it can't succeed.

[C_U_L8R]

4. This is the best PR a book could ever have

An instant best seller.
And just let Trump try and ban it...
it would transcend to cult stardom.

[hlthe2b]

5. the irony is that just trying to stop it, validates the content--or at least most of it.

[Lucinda]

9. +1

[Pachamama]

8. I believe the Kindle version is already down-loadable

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This book will never be hidden and all it’s contents and allegations will be corroborated....

[exboyfil]

10. January 9th according to my Amazon account

It seems advance and review copies are already out there though.

Prior restraint has a tough time working in today's world. It is not like you can seize the printer plates. I highly doubt a court is going to stop Amazon, audible, Barnes and Noble, and every other electronic outlet from distribution.

Can they really be this stupid? I am looking for the grand strategy behind it.

[Demsrule86]

12. I checked. Can't download book yet on kindle.

[Hekate]

21. Interesting thing about Kindle: books can be "withdrawn" by them if in dispute...

It's burned into my memory because back at the beginning they offered to sell a new edition of (true story) Orwell's 1984. Some dispute with the publisher failed to get resolved, so overnight Kindle took it back from the devices of all the people who had purchased it and credited their accounts. Yes, it just disappeared.

Paper for me, thanks, if they want my money.

Any book can still go out for free, and thus be downloaded and/or printed out. Suppression only goes so far, as yet.

[procon]

11. A lawsuit ain't never gonna happen.

Look at all the conspiracy theory books written about the Clintons, and all the lies that were published about Obama. Trump can't sue about this book any more than previous political figures could sue the authors who penned derogatory books about them. As much as it might gall Trump that he doesn't have the same protections as a private citizen, scathing criticism comes with being a public figure.

Note that he sicced his lawyers on the author and the publisher rather than going into a courtroom to convince a judge to issue a legal ruling in support of his challenge. He's got no case here, but he is accomplishing one thing, the free publicity will undoubtedly boost book sales and make the author and the publisher a ton of money. Thanks Trump, you idiot loser!

[eleny]

13. Top of the hour news on WCPT radio station reports that they also want an apology

[Scarsdale]

16. Here is the apology.

Sorry to report we have an IDIOT con man in our WH. We apologize to the American populace.

[eleny]

20. .

[lindysalsagal]

14. Rachel's got it in her hand: So lots of people do. Sure hope no one leaves it laying around

so others can borrow, steal, copy or transmit it......

[Hekate]

22. *snrk* That would be awful. The book is well and truly out of reach of Trump's tiny paws ...

[EricMaundry]

15. State censorship of a book the ruling elite doesn't want seen

To think this is happening in America.

[Pepsidog]

18. Truth is always a defense. So let the lawsuit go. Counter sue and put the big orange

child under oath in a deposition and then have fun. He will perjure himself and if Wolf can get in front of a New York jury in addition to compensatory damages,he might be awarded punitive damages as well. Then when Trumpanzee can’t pay because he is cash poor, expose him for the fraud he is. He has had to dip into his campaign account for legal fees. What kind of billionaire has to tap his campaign fund? I think Trump is a total fraud and no where near a billionaire. Expose the Russian money laundering operation and forfeit all his assets. Let him rot in prison and die in abject poverty. He deserves nothing less.

[murielm99]

19. Frank Sinatra tried to stop the book

Kitty Kelley wrote about him. It didn't work, and it just made the book more popular.