Melania Trump’s ex-aide files to dismiss DOJ suit on tell-all book

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Stephanie Winston Wolkoff says she complied with the terms of her White House nondisclosure agreement.

First lady Melania Trump’s former confidant and onetime aide filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against her by the Justice Department after she disclosed embarrassing details about the first lady in a tell-all book.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was accused of violating a nondisclosure agreement with the White House by publishing her book, “Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship With the First Lady.” The suit, filed in October, alleges Winston Wolkoff violated a nondisclosure agreement signed when she agreed to volunteer as an aide to Melania Trump and seeks to recover profits from her book sales.

Winston Wolkoff argues she fulfilled the requirements of the confidentiality agreement, which she says ended when the White House terminated it. Continue reading.