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Tanuki

(14,924 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 07:40 PM Apr 2022

Trump campaign ordered to pay Omarosa $1.3 million in legal fees

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/20/donald-trump-omarosa-manigault-newman-ruling-legal-fees

"Donald Trump’s campaign has been ordered to pay his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman more than $1.3m in legal fees, closing a case over her alleged violation of a non-disclosure agreement.
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Manigault Newman rose to fame as a contestant on The Apprentice, Trump’s NBC reality TV series, before becoming his political aide and working in the White House.

Fired from that role, in 2018 she published a tell-all memoir, Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House. The book contained explosive claims including that the then president was a “racist” who used the N-word repeatedly.
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Trump sued her for violating a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. He lost the case in September 2021.

The New York Times said Phillips provided it a copy of the ruling in which the arbitrator, Brown, wrote that Manigault Newman “was defending herself in a claim which was extensively litigated for more than three years, against an opponent who undoubtedly commanded far greater resources”.....(more)

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Trump campaign ordered to pay Omarosa $1.3 million in legal fees (Original Post) Tanuki Apr 2022 OP
The ruling stings GoldandSilver Apr 2022 #1
The persimmon pusswart will fight paying an orange cent every step of of the way. Celerity Apr 2022 #2
Just send the collection agency to Mar a Lardo with a few trucks Blue Owl Apr 2022 #3
He will appeal, appeal appeal. Boomerproud Apr 2022 #4
Hoping to get a trump judge Fullduplexxx Apr 2022 #5
Thing i never thought I'd say: i love omarosa! UTUSN Apr 2022 #6
Hold your breath, O. keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #7
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