On the heels of the recent Omarosa tapes, President Trump took to twitter and stated that Omarosa Manigualt Newman “…fully signed…” a Non-Disclosure Agreement, (NDA) which the President feels was violated by publishing the recordings. However, Omarosa claims she never signed her agreement and legal experts contest that the NDAs may not be enforceable at all, after the Washington Post published the purposed consulting agreement and companion agreement given to Omarosa by the Trump administration. When asked about the legality of political NDAs Heidi Kitrosser, a law professor at the University of Minnesota Law, said “Based on the one NDA that I’ve seen, the provisions are incredibly broad. Among other things, signers must promise never, during or after their service, to say anything disparaging about Trump, Pence, any Trump family member, etc.” This brings in obvious questions about the constitutional violations that may arise out of the NDA, as well as why tax payer dollars are being spent on keeping people quiet. Even former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said, “You do have the right to free speech, you have the right to talk to people, publish a book, say what you want, or pen an article. I don’t know how you can stop that from happening.” One thing is for certain, it’s not normal for a White House to have staff with little to no security clearance signing NDAs.
