Book publishers have already begun contacting White House communications director Hope Hicks to obtain the rights to her memoir upon her exit from the Trump administration, the British tabloid Daily Mail reported Thursday.
The 29-year-old longtime Trump aide could be expected to make up to $10 million from an advance to a book deal and is actively being contacted by movie and TV producers as well, the Mail reported.
"Next to Ivanka and Melania, Hope is the woman closest to the president," one publishing executive told the Mail. "[She] knows all the secrets, all the foibles, all the quirks."
One White House insider also told the website that Hicks reportedly kept a "detailed diary" of her interactions and time in the White House, a resource that could be a major asset if she plans to write a memoir.
First off I have to imagine that Robert Mueller wants first crack at that "detailed diary" which according to Vanity Fair he may have been trying to get his hands on for awhile:
Hicks has racked up substantial legal fees, one source told me. “She’s in immense personal jeopardy,” one Republican close to the White House said yesterday. “This is a sign the Mueller investigation is a lot more serious than any one of us thought.”
And secondly of course Hicks was forced to sign a binding NDA.
However the vast amount of money she could make from a book deal, and the almost certain movie made based on that book, may be more than enough to pay for any financial penalty contained in a non-disclosure agreement.
And keep this in mind as well.
Courtesy of Politico:
President Donald Trump’s lawyers have urged him not to discuss details of the unfolding Russia investigation with anyone outside his legal team, warning of a conversational “bright line” that could put aides and associates in legal jeopardy, according to current and former Trump aides.
But Trump often ignores that legal advice in the presence of senior aides — including his departing confidante and White House communications director, Hope Hicks.
“I think the president has put her in a very precarious position,” a senior Trump administration official said in a recent interview.
And just imagine everything else that she knows.
Yeah I am already clearing a space on my bookshelf for this book.
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