Judge rules Mary Trump can publicize book about her uncle

 Mary Trump can talk about highly critical book she wrote about her uncle, President Donald Trump, over objections of president's bror, a judge ruled Monday.

Judge Hal B. Greenwald in Poughkeepsie, New York, rejected arguments by bror, Robert Trump, that Mary Trump is blocked from talking about family member publicly by an agreement family members made to settle estate of her far after his death.

judge said confidentiality clauses in 2001 agreement, “viewed in context of current Trump family circumstances in 2020, would ‘…offend public policy as a prior restraint on protected speech…'"

“twithstanding that Book has been published and distributed in great quantities, to enjoin Mary L. Trump at this juncture would be incorrect and serve purpose. It would be moot," judge wrote.

judge reversed orders he had issued temporarily blocking Mary Trump and her publisher, Simon & Schuster, from publishing or distributing a tell-all book about president. An appeals judge had already lifted order blocking Simon & Schuster.

book, “Too Much and Never Eugh: How My Family Created World’s Most Dangerous Man,” was originally to be published at end of July. publisher anunced last week it would be published Tuesday.

Mary Trump's lawyer, odore Boutrous Jr., said judge “got it right in rejecting Trump family’s effort to squelch Mary Trump’s core political speech on important issues of public concern."

“ First Amendment forbids prior restraints because y are intolerable infringements on right to participate in democracy. Tomorrow, American public will be able to read Mary’s important words for mselves,” he said in a statement.

In a statement, Simon & Schuster said it was “delighted that Court has denied plaintiff’s request for preliminary injunction, and vacated Temporary Restraining Order against our author, Mary L. Trump."

It added: “ unfettered right to publish is a sacred American freedom and a founding principle of our republic, and we applaud Court for affirming well-established precedents against prior restraint and pre-publication injunctions," it added. “'TOO MUCH AND NEVER EUGH' is a work of great significance, with very real implications for our national discourse, and we look forward to bringing it to a public that is clearly er to read it."

Messs seeking comment were left with an attorney for Robert Trump.