'Fire And Fury' Excerpts Prompt Media Frenzy, As Trump Threatens Legal Action

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January 04, 2018

President Donald Trump turns to talk to the gathered media during a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the mIlitary at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

President Trump's lawyer is trying to stop the publication of reporter Michael Wolff's forthcoming book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House." Trump has also threatened legal action, sending a cease-and-desist letter to his former chief strategist Steve Bannon.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) joins Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about the reaction to the book.

This segment aired on January 4, 2018.

'Fire And Fury' Excerpts Prompt Media Frenzy, As Trump Threatens Legal Action

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