Wake Up Call: Trump Lawyers’ Busy New Year

• President Donald Trump’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the president’s former top strategist, Steve Bannon, accusing him of violating a non-disclosure agreement and threatening him with legal action. The move comes amid reports that a new book quotes Bannon as saying a meeting that the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., attended with a Russian lawyer during the last year’s presidential campaign was “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” ( Bloomberg ) ( Washington Post )

• Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort sued Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Justice Department claiming Mueller overstepped his authority in charging Manafort with crimes, as ...