On Friday, a federal judge rejected President Trump Case against famous watergate journalist Bob Woodward He held the interview audio tape with Trump for the 2020 book.
US District Judge Paul Gardef’s decision comes one and a half years after Woodward and his publisher asked the judge to dismiss the suit. Trump’s lawyers were near Complained about lack of progress for a long timeRepeatedly urge Gardef to rule.
Former President George W. An appointment of Bush, Gardeff, dismissed Trump’s arguments that he was a joint writer of tapes and said that even though he was not, the interview responses were preserved copyright.
The judge said, “The law’s law for the notion has almost no support that an interviewer has a copyright interest in his reactions to the interview of questions, and such conclusions will run the counter to animate the principles of the Copyright Act,” the judge pushed back.
The judge also rejected the claims of Trump’s state law, ruled over which was predetermined by the federal copyright law.
A spokesman for Trump’s legal team said in a statement, “In another biased action by a New York court, the wrong decision was issued to President Trump without confirming the original process of hearing. We will continue to ensure that those who do wrong things against President Trump and all Americans are held accountable.”
TusrapWoodward lawsuit in January 2023After giving them 19 interviews for their book, “Rage”.
The trial admitted that Trump interviewed and allowed Woodward to record him, but the complaint claimed that the journalist and his publisher were not authorized to sell audio recording themselves.
Woodward, Simon and Shoister and its then parent company, a $ 49 million case called Paramount Global as a counterparts. Paramount later sold the publication veteran to a private investment firm.
The hill has reached paramount for comment.
Simon & Shoster said in a statement, “We are very happy that the court agreed with us and dismissed the case.”
Trump’s lawyer repeatedly expressed dismissal with the judge to dismiss the dismissal speed for months without taking action.
After Trump’s election, his lawyer kept pressurizing the judge to move forward, but in December, the judge said he was on “work” on it and refused to intensify it.
Updated at EDT at 8:54 pm
