Donald Trump sues ex-aide Sam Nunberg for $10 million, alleging breach of confidentiality
Donald Trump, the famously litigious presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against a former aide alleging violation of a confidentiality agreement, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.
The Associated Press broke the news of the lawsuit. A source close to Trump told Mic that the the ex-aide is Sam Nunberg, whom Trump fired in August 2015 amid a raging controversy over Nunberg's past racially inflammatory Facebook posts. The AP also named Nunberg as the target of the lawsuit.
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The source, who was granted anonymity to discuss legal proceedings, said that "the papers in the lawsuit threaten to expose a number of things in the Trump campaign that are embarrassing, such as sexual relationships between very top staff."
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The source said while Nunberg may have a reputation for off color language and tactics, "he's no and he's a lawyer himself. I don't know why the Trump people want this sideshow."
According to the AP, "Nunberg accused Trump of trying to silence him 'in a misguided attempt to cover up media coverage of an apparent affair' between senior campaign staffers. The document cited a New York Post story about a public quarrel between the staffers published last month."
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