The Justice Department has sued Stephanie Winston Wolkoff over alleged breach of a contract that former White House lawyers call “bizarre,” inappropriate.
Three former White House lawyers who worked for the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations say a contract offered to Melania Trump’s former adviser and friend was unusual and inappropriate.
She is now being sued by the Justice Department for breaking the confidentiality agreement in the contract by writing her book, “Melania and Me,” a New York Times bestseller that describes the breakdown in their relationship. Donald Trump has a long-established pattern of asking employees and business partners of the Trump Organization to sign non-disclosure agreements. That practice continued in the White House, and NBC News reported that it also extended to doctors at Walter Reed hospital who saw Trump during an unscheduled 2019 visit.
Winston Wolkoff’s contract, which NBC News has reviewed, states she is not a government employee, and does not specifically stipulate that she fill out an SF-86 or financial disclosure forms. It says, “A successful reference check, background investigation, criminal history inquiry, and/or income tax check will be a prerequisite to being cleared to provide these gratuitous services.”
Related: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff also details the frosty relationship between Ivanka and Melania Trump in her new book"Melania and Me."
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