LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House’s demand that Macmillan cease publication of a controversial new book about President Donald Trump and his administration is ‘flagrantly unconstitutional’ and runs afoul of the First Amendment, said John Sargent, chief executive of the publisher…
…Mr. Sargent described President Trump’s actions as ‘a clear effort by the President of the United States to intimidate a publisher into halting publication of an important book on the workings of the government.’…
He said MacMillan expects to submit a legal response to the White House’s demand on Monday.
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The controversy helped stoke interest in the book, whose publication date was advanced to Jan. 5 from Jan. 9.”
-Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, “Trump Book Publisher: White House Demand to Stop Publication ‘Flagrantly Unconstitutional’,” The Wall Street Journal online, Jan. 8, 2018 11:13am