BREAKING: Trump campaign 'preparing to file suit against Cliff Sims for violating' NDA

Greg P. | 9:33 AM on January 29, 2019

Michael Glassner, Chief Operating Officer of the Trump Campaign, tweeted moments ago that the campaign is “preparing to file suit” against former White House staffer and latest tell-all author Cliff Simms for violating his signed NDA with the campaign:

The Trump campaign is preparing to file suit against Cliff Sims for violating our NDA. https://t.co/Xl1N95fPkH

— Michael Glassner (@michaelglassner) January 29, 2019

Sims, who was on air with CNN when the president tweeted, responded with, “nice . . . there it is”:

Cliff Sims responds on CNN by saying "nice . . . there it is." https://t.co/uj8BMDxYXc

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 29, 2019

According to reports, White House aides were hoping the president wouldn’t tweet about Sims’ book as it would “be out of the news cycle by this Wednesday”:

White House aides cautioned Trump against sending this sort of tweet because it only attracts more attention to the book. https://t.co/56KQxTB7KZ

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 29, 2019

From @samstein @swin24, published 8:30pm ET Monday:

“If Trump can go the next 24 hours without tweeting about it, the book will be out of the news cycle by this Wednesday,” a former White House official observed. https://t.co/8zBWu8zjZ1

— Karen Travers (@karentravers) January 29, 2019

The president has made these threats before, so we’ll see just what happens: