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As 'Fire And Fury' Goes On Sale, Trump Attacks Keep Coming

President Trump's lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to the publisher, but the book went on sale days ahead of schedule. The White House has pushed back on the criticism in the book.
Publication of Michael Wolff's new book about the Trump White House was moved up, despite president's threat to block it.

The book that created a rift between President Trump and his former campaign chief executive and adviser Steve Bannon hit the shelves Friday morning, ahead of the original Tuesday release date, despite the president's threat to block its publication.

by journalist Michael Wolff went on sale at). It had already reached No. 1 on Amazon's best-seller list.

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