President Donald Trump's campaign is looking for almost $1 million from Omarosa Manigault Newman over the former White House aide's criticism of Trump in her book and associated interviews, The New York Times reports.
A crisis management expert wrote in an expert witness document on behalf of the Trump campaign, Manigault Newman could pay more than $846,000 on an advertising campaign to "correct" her comments about Trump.
"It would be my recommendation that Ms. Manigault Newman pays for the corrective ads/corrective statements outlined above to counteract the long-term adverse effects of information that appeared as a result of Ms. Manigault Newman violating her confidentially agreement," Eric Rose, of the strategic communications firm Englander, Knabe & Allen, wrote in the filing.
"If corrective ads are not placed, voters may continue to hold beliefs about the president as a result of Ms. Manigault Newman's statements," he added.
Manigault Newman's attorney, John Phillips, told the Times the document is a prime example of "weaponized litigation."
He added, "Friday, we found out their bullets are commercials they want Omarosa to go do. This isn't free speech. It's speech with a gun to your head."