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I think covering fees is part of the settlement fortunately.

Denson, who had not been seeking damages, will receive $25,000 as an “incentive” fee for pressing the case. The rest of the settlement amount will cover legal fees and other costs, according to the court filing.

Trump and his legal teams require financial penalties for wasting courts time in a multitude of lawsuits, former and pending.
Freedom of speech isn't in Trump's vocabulary except for himself.
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Former aide Jessica Denson filed an initial suit in 2018 when the campaign tried to silence her after she complained she had been sexually harassed and discriminated against by another worker. Denson said she was subjected to a “reign of terror” at her job.
Denson was seeking class-action status for the suit when the settlement was reached last week.

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“No attorney should have ever drafted it, and no campaign worker should have ever been compelled to sign it,” he added, calling the “unwinding of the NDA a triumph for free speech, for democracy and for Jessica Denson.”
Denson was also represented by the nonprofit public interest group Protect Democracy.

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5 years of lawsuits to void a 7 year old agreement that should have never existed in the first place. Trump once again uses and abuses the courts as a shield to hide his unethical behavior and could of won the presidency because of it and the penalty is 400,000. Probably not enough to cover the plaintiffs legal fees over 5 years.
Trumps lawyers get off scott free.  Ready to abuse the public somemore as long as someone writes them a big enough check.
99.9% of the public has the resources to fight an illegal non disclosure agreement like this.