Government,
Civil Litigation
Jul. 30, 2020
Trump’s efforts to suppress speech are deeper than you thought
In important ways, the John Bolton and Mary Trump cases are not representative of the broader ongoing efforts of Trump and his acolytes to use nondisclosure agreements to stifle criticism of the president.
Joe Slaughter
Associate
Ballard Spahr, LLP
Joe practices Media, Entertainment, and First Amendment law.
In two recent, high-profile court cases that generated headlines across the country, President Donald Trump, his administration, and his family invoked nondisclosure agreements in an effort to stop publication of highly anticipated, and highly critical, books -- one by John Bolton, his former national security advisor, and one by Mary Trump, his niece.
But in important ways, the Bolton and Mary Trump cases are not representative of t...
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