The publisher said the book was of "great interest and importance to the national discourse". Photo / File
A New York appeals court has cleared the way for a publisher to distribute a tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece over the objections of the president's brother.
The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division said it was lifting a restraint that a judge put on Simon &
Schuster a day earlier that would have blocked distribution of Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.
Although the book was scheduled to be published on July 28, Simon & Schuster said thousands of copies of the 75,000-copy first run of the book had already been sent to bookstores and others.
The appeals ruling, though, left in place restraints against Mary Trump, the book's author and the president's niece, after the president's brother said in court papers that she was part of an agreement among family members not to write about their relationships without permission.
The president's brother, Robert Trump, had sued Mary Trump to block publication. An email seeking comment was sent to Robert Trump's lawyer Wednesday.
