# "Judge Temporarily Blocks Release Of Tell-All Book By Trump’s Niece" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-temporarily-blocks-release-of-tell-all-book-by-trump-s-niece/913875 "2020-06-30T23:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-temporarily-blocks-release-of-tell-all-book-by-trump-s-niece/913875/1 "2020-06-30T23:54:52Z")
Give me a break. 🙄 > **[Judge Temporarily Blocks Release Of Tell-All Book By Trump's Niece](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-mary-trump-book_n_5efb8a06c5b6ca970915ef56)** > > Mary Trump's book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man," was set to hit bookstores in July. > A tell-all book by [President Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump)’s niece cannot be published until a judge decides the merits of claims by the president’s brother that its publication would violate a pact among family members, a judge said Tuesday. > > New York state Supreme Court Judge Hal B. Greenwald\* in Poughkeepsie, New York, issued an order requiring the niece, Mary Trump, and her publisher to explain why they should not be blocked from publishing the book: “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.” A hearing was set for July 10. > > … > > The judge said no portion of the book can be distributed before he decides the validity of Robert Trump’s claims. Robert Trump argues Mary Trump must comply with a written agreement among family members that such a book cannot be published without permission from other family members. There goes my Christmas shopping. \*BTW, Greenwald is a Democrat. There was a thread on this book right before the transition, but I can’t find it now. I started one that was a duplicate, but it’s locked. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-temporarily-blocks-release-of-tell-all-book-by-trump-s-niece/913875/2 "2020-07-02T02:10:31Z")
> **[New York court sides with publisher of explosive book by President Trump’s niece](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-york-court-sides-with-publisher-of-explosive-book-by-president-trumps-niece/2020/07/01/2eec8a7e-bbf7-11ea-86d5-3b9b3863273b_story.html)** > > Mary Trump’s book about the “world’s most dangerous man” is slated for publication July 28. Advantage Mary. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-temporarily-blocks-release-of-tell-all-book-by-trump-s-niece/913875/3 "2020-07-02T07:31:38Z")
This is the original thread started June 15: > [@Trump's niece putting out a book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-niece-putting-out-a-book/855692): > > She leaked his father’s tax info to the NY Times. Seems she is not a fan of Donald. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-temporarily-blocks-release-of-tell-all-book-by-trump-s-niece/913875/4 "2020-07-02T12:51:09Z")
Well, rats. I guess I’ll just abandon this one. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-temporarily-blocks-release-of-tell-all-book-by-trump-s-niece/913875/5 "2020-07-02T13:20:45Z")
If your family ever has to make a blood oath pact to be silent on something, it is probably not good. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-temporarily-blocks-release-of-tell-all-book-by-trump-s-niece/913875/6 "2020-07-02T16:40:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > New York state Supreme Court Judge Hal B. Greenwald\* in Poughkeepsie, New York, issued an order requiring the niece, Mary Trump, and her publisher to explain why they should not be blocked from publishing the book: “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.” A hearing was set for July 10. Why are the niece and publisher being asked to explain why publication should be allowed? Shouldn’t the default be to allow publication and it’s up to the president’s brother to show reasons why it should be blocked?