Six Questions About Trump's White House NDAs
JONATHAN V. LAST
August 13, 2018 at 2:07 PMWho signed them, who are they with, and what about Jared and Ivanka?For the first time we have confirmation from the administration of a fact Ruth Marcus reported earlier this year: That at least some of Donald Trump's White House staffers have signed nondisclosure agreements (NDAs). This leads to a number of questions that are likely to be reported out over the next few days:
(1) Who is the other party to the NDAs? If a staffer signs a nondisclosure agreement, who is that agreement with? Is it Donald Trump, private citizen? Donald Trump, president of the United States? The Trump Organization? The U.S. government?
This is important for two reasons. First, it determines who would be taking action in case of a breach. If the government or an agent of the government is the other party, then who would determine whether or not to move forward if the contract is breached? But second, if it's a private individual or organization, then how can they bind the actions of public employees?
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