Trump seeks $10 million from former aide in disclosure case
Trump said he would insist on them for those serving in the White House during his administration – a requirement that is raising red flags about transparency under that condition.
Trump’s campaign volunteers are also required to sign N.D.A.s that forbid them from disparaging Trump or sharing sensitive campaign information, in perpetuity, though labor lawyers told the Daily Dot that it was unenforceable since volunteers are not paid employees.
“It has to do with information within the campaign and relationships between the various people within the campaign”, Miltenberg said, adding that he would not elaborate further.
Meanwhile, Manhattan County Clerk Milton Tingling on Wednesday blocked public access to the papers by imposing his own “protocols” which allow his staff to seal documents temporarily when a case is initially filed until a judge rules on a formal sealing request.
However, some of the exhibits in the suit were not sealed, including three news stories to back up its claim that Nunberg breached his confidentiality agreement.
Trump began arbitration proceedings against Nunberg in May, alleging he was involved with leaking word of a reported verbal altercation between now-fired Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and campaign communications aide Hope Hicks.
According to the court filing, Nunberg said Trump filed a $10 million arbitration claim against him and falsely accused him of being a source of a New York Post story from mid-May that recounted a public quarrel between former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks – something Nunberg called “a misguided attempt to cover up media coverage of an apparent affair” between the two.
“He’s violated his agreement and you know we have taken swift and appropriate action”, Alan Garten, executive vice president and general counsel at The Trump Organization, told USA TODAY.
“Onlookers were stunned to see Hicks, 27, hollering at Lewandowski, 42, in plain view of passersby on 61 Street near Parke Avenue”, the New York Post’s Page Six reported May 19. Trump’s attorneys have yet to respond.
Nunberg, through his association with longtime Trump political adviser Roger Stone, advised Trump amid his flirtation with a presidential run in 2012. Nunberg at the time denied he wrote the posts. And even so, his attorneys argue, it wouldn’t have been covered by the confidentiality agreement since he was sacked by the Trump campaign last August after the surfacing of racist Facebook posts from years prior. He’s on the verge of picking his running mate and is preparing for next week’s Republican convention, one of his highest profile opportunities to reach voters and ease the concerns of GOP leaders who are concerned about his unconventional candidacy.