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    The Assistant Attorney General writes to Hachette Book Group, Javelin, and the author's representatives regarding Hachette's planned publication of a book by a current or former senior Trump administration official. The letter notes that publication may violate nondisclosure agreements requiring pre-publication review of written works containing protected information. It requests representations that the author did not sign nondisclosure agreements or have access to classified information, or the agreements/employment details to ensure the terms have been followed.

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    The Assistant Attorney General writes to Hachette Book Group, Javelin, and the author's representatives regarding Hachette's planned publication of a book by a current or former senior Trump administration official. The letter notes that publication may violate nondisclosure agreements requiring pre-publication review of written works containing protected information. It requests representations that the author did not sign nondisclosure agreements or have access to classified information, or the agreements/employment details to ensure the terms have been followed.

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    The Assistant Attorney General writes to Hachette Book Group, Javelin, and the author's representatives regarding Hachette's planned publication of a book by a current or former senior Trump administration official. The letter notes that publication may violate nondisclosure agreements requiring pre-publication review of written works containing protected information. It requests representations that the author did not sign nondisclosure agreements or have access to classified information, or the agreements/employment details to ensure the terms have been followed.

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    U . S .

    Departmentof Justice

    .
    10
    Civil Division

    Assistant Attorney General Washington, D .C.

    NOV

    Ms. Carol Ross


    Hachette Book Group, Inc.
    1290 Avenue of the Americas
    New York , NY 10104

    Mr. Matt Latimer


    Mr. Keith Urbahn
    Javelin
    203 South Union Street
    Alexandria, Virginia 22314

    DearMs. Ross, Mr. Latimer , and Mr. Urbahn :

    I write regarding Hachette Book Group s recent announcement that it plans to publish a
    book written by a person who claims to be a current or former senior official Trump
    Administration. I understand that Messrs. Latimer and Urbahn represent the author. Please
    provide a copy of this letter to the author, or ifthe author is represented by counsel, to the author s
    attorney

    If the author is, in fact, a current or former senior official Trump Administration ,
    publication of the book may violate that official' s legal obligations under one or more
    nondisclosure agreements , including nondisclosure agreements that are routinely required with
    respect to information obtained in the course of one s official responsibilities or as a condition for
    access to classified information . Such agreements typically require that any written work
    potentially containing protected information be submitted for pre-publication review . Courts have
    approved the imposition of a constructive trust to collect the proceeds of the breach generated by
    an unapproved publication . See Snepp v United States , 444 U . S . 507 , 509, 516 ( 1980) . Such
    remedies, moreover, do “not depend upon whether s ] book actually contained
    classified information. at 511. The government has sought these remedies in recent cases.
    See , e. g. , United States v. Scherck , No. 12 -cv -754 (E . D . Va. 2013) ; United States v. Jones, No. 10
    -765 (E . D . Va. 2012 ).
    Ms. Ross , Mr. Latimer, and Mr. Urbahn
    Page 2

    Consistentwith these principles, we request that you immediately provide us with your
    representations that the author did not sign any nondisclosure agreement and that the author did
    nothave access to any classified information in connection with governmentservice. Ifyou cannot
    make those representations we ask that you immediately provide either the nondisclosure
    agreements the author signed or the dates ofthe author ' s service and the agencies where the author
    was employed, so that wemay determine the termsof the author' s nondisclosure agreements and
    ensure that they have been followed.

    Sincerely

    H
    Joseph H . Hunt
    Assistant Attorney General

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