Trump Sues Journalist Bob Woodward Over Interview Recordings (1)

Former President Donald Trump is suing journalist Bob Woodward for releasing recordings of interviews that he gave to the journalist in 2019 and 2020, claiming he never agreed to those tapes being shared with the public.

In a lawsuit filed Monday against Woodward, Simon & Schuster Inc., and the publisher’s parent company Paramount Global, Trump claimed that although he had given Woodward consent to record their conversations “for the sole purpose of a book,” that didn’t extend to packaging those recordings as an audiobook.

Bob Woodward at Trump Tower in January 2017 in New York City.

Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

“This case centers on Mr. Woodward’s systematic usurpation, manipulation, and exploitation of audio ...