Article snippet: Attorneys for the publisher of a controversial new book that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Trump White House responded forcefully to a cease-and-desist letter sent last week by lawyers for President Donald Trump, arguing that the book is not libelous and that neither retractions nor apologies will be made. In a letter to author Michael Wolff and publisher Henry Holt and Company last week, Trump's lawyer Charles Harder called for a stop to the publication of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House." Harder wrote that he was "investigating numerous false and/or baseless statements" about the president contained within the book, and that the text further included defamatory statements and could be considered an "invasion of privacy." In response Monday, counsel for Henry Holt and Company wrote to Harder that there is "no reason to doubt… that Mr. Wolff's book is an accurate report on events of vital public importance" and that Harder's letter "provides no reason to change this conclusion." "Though your letter provides a basic summary of New York libel law, tellingly, it stops short of identifying a single statement in the book that is factually false or defamatory," Monday's letter reads. "Instead, the letter appears to be designed to silence legitimate criticism. This is the antithesis of an actionable libel claim." "Fire and Fury" had yet to be published in full when Harder sent his letter to Henry Holt and Company last week; an exp... Link to the full article to read more