Former Trump campaign staffer wants to void confidentiality agreement to file harassment lawsuit

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A former staffer of President Trump's 2016 campaign is suing to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement she signed as a condition of her employment on the campaign team, claiming it is too broad and violates public policy.

Jessica Denson, who worked as a phone bank administrator and led Hispanic outreach efforts, says that the NDA that the Trump team required has kept her from being able to file discrimination and harassment claims, Bloomberg reports. Denson alleges that a superior on the campaign team harassed her, but says that an earlier lawsuit filed in New York state court was impeded by a demand to uphold the confidentiality deal.

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Summer Meza has worked at The Week since 2018, serving as a staff writer, a news writer and currently the deputy editor. As a proud news generalist, she edits everything from political punditry and science news to personal finance advice and film reviews. Summer has previously written for Newsweek and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, covering national politics, transportation and the cannabis industry.