Smaller Bites – Bob Woodward (Connecting the Dots: Bob Woodward The Atlantic Council of the United States, The Center for American Progress & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Trump Files $49M
Lawsuit Against Woodward for Selling Tapes Without Consent
By Jay Clemons | Monday,
30 January 2023
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-woodward-book/2023/01/30/id/1106551/
Former President Donald Trump has filed a
$49 million lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward, along with book
publisher Simon & Schuster, for allegedly selling unapproved audio
tapes of Trump interviews.
In his complaint — which was filed in the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of Florida — Trump claims
that Woodward was only permitted to record interviews for a
book or story.
Consequently, Trump says he didn't grant any public
release of the actual conversations.
As such, Trump has accused Woodward, Simon &
Schuster, and Paramount Global (parent
company) of unfairly profiting off the sales of the audio tapes
and engaging in copyright infringement.
"This case centers on Mr. Woodward's systematic
usurpation, manipulation, and exploitation of audio of President Trump gathered
in connection with a series of interviews conducted by Mr. Woodward. Said audio
was protected material, subject to various limitations on use and
distribution," according to the complaint submitted by Trump's
lawyers.
According to reports, Woodward interviewed Trump at least
19 times from the timeline covering August 2019 to August 2020 — with the
brunt of the discussions involving Trump's presidential campaign in 2016.
Woodward's book, "Rage"
was released after that final interview with Trump; and then in October 2022,
Simon & Schuster published an audiobook of the Trump conversations,
entitled "The Trump Tapes."
On his Truth Social platform last year, Trump addressed the
dispute with Woodward:
"As he fully understands, writer Bob Woodward never
got my permission to release tapes of my various interviews with him. Those
tapes were allowed only for purposes of making sure that he got my quotes &
statements correct for 'the WRITTEN WORD,' in other words, for his,
nevertheless, highly inaccurate book. The tapes are much better than the
book," Trump wrote then.
Trump's complaint also notes that "Fear:
Trump In The White House," a 2018 book from Woodward, sold more
than 2 million copies, while estimating the audiotapes could yield a similar
number of units sold.
The audiobooks for "The
Trump Tapes" are currently selling at more than $40.
Trump's legal team claims the audiobooks were sold
without the former commander-in-chief's consent. They also maintain that
Woodward and Simon & Schuster edited the audio files, with the likely
intent of tarnishing Trump's image.
"Far from being a 'raw' and unedited recording, it
seems that extreme license was taken with the responses provided by President
Trump in which he has a copyright interest, and the answers were manipulated to
alter President Trump's language as well as to support the particular narrative
desired by Woodward, [Simon & Schuster], and Paramount," the complaint
added.
As a counter, Woodward insists the Trump recordings
were "done voluntarily" and "on the record."
Connecting the Dots:
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think
tank).
Alexander M.
Haig Jr. was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank) and Richard M. Nixon’s chief
of staff.
Richard L.
Armitage is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank) and Bob Woodward’s source.
James L. Jones
Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), a friend of Bob Woodward and was the commander,
U.S. European Command for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Bob
Woodward’s source is Richard L. Armitage, a friend of James
L. Jones Jr., wrote early stories about the Watergate scandal
and sent email warning Gene B. Sperling on sequestration
coverage, 2013
Gene B. Sperling
was sent an email warning him on sequestration coverage, 2013 from Bob
Woodward and a senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American
Progress and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for
American Progress.
Resources: Past
Research
Insider challenges
Woodward's 'Deep Throat' claim (Past Research on Bob
Woodward)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/08/insider-challenges-woodwards-deep.html
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