Trump recordsdata $50 million lawsuit in opposition to journalist Bob Woodward for publishing interview recordings

Former President Trump is suing veteran journalist Bob Woodward over copyright violations. Trump claims that Woodward, who interviewed the previous president for his 2020 guide, launched audio recordings of their exchanges with out Trump’s consent.

Within the lawsuit filed Monday within the Northern District of Florida, Trump seeks slightly below $50 million in damages from Woodward, writer Simon & Schuster Inc., and Paramount International, the writer’s mum or dad firm. 

Trump alleges that he didn’t consent to the discharge of 19 taped interviews carried out for Woodward’s 2020 guide, “Rage.” The taped interviews, carried out between 2019 and 2020, had been in the end launched final yr by Simon & Schuster in audiobook format.

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Former President Trump, left, sat down with veteran journalist Bob Woodward for 19 interviews between 2019 and 2020.

Woodward’s audiobook, “The Trump Tapes,” options eight hours of interviews with Trump carried out between 2016 and 2020, alongside Woodward’s commentary.

The previous commander-in-chief alleges that he had agreed to file his exchanges with Woodward for the “sole goal of Woodward with the ability to write a single guide,” based on language from the 31-page grievance. 

Trump’s authorized workforce arrived at $50 million in damages by assuming 2 million gross sales of the audiobook at $24.99.  

“In publishing ‘Rage,’ Woodward clearly hoped to copy the success of ‘Worry,’ however he failed to take action. Confronted with the truth that ‘Rage’ was an entire and whole failure, Woodward determined to take advantage of, usurp, and capitalize upon President Trump’s voice by releasing the Interview Sound Recordings of their interviews with President Trump within the type of an audiobook,” stated the lawsuit.  

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Former President Trump launched his third run for the White Home shortly after the midterm elections in November 2022. ( SAUL LOEB/AFP)

The previous president additionally alleges that Woodward misrepresented not less than one in every of their conversations by enhancing out parts of the interview. 

“Former President Trump’s lawsuit is with out advantage and we are going to aggressively defend in opposition to it. All these interviews had been on the file and recorded with President Trump’s data and settlement. Furthermore, it’s within the public curiosity to have this historic file in Trump’s personal phrases. We’re assured that the details and the legislation are in our favor,” stated Woodward and Simon & Schuster in a joint assertion responding to the swimsuit. 

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The lawsuit comes amid Trump’s third run for the White Home as he at the moment faces no different GOP challengers. The previous president visited South Carolina and New Hampshire over the weekend, each early battleground states within the presidential major course of.  

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