Trump Volunteers Must Sign Onerous Agreement to Work Online Phone Bank
When anyone signs up to help Donald Trump’s presidential campaign by making phone calls to prospective voters, they first must sign a 2,271-word nondisclosure agreement that prohibits the volunteer from criticizing Trump or any member of his family for the rest of their lifetimes, writes Joe Ahmad in the Legal Issues in the Executive Suite blog. The blog is on the website of Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. of Houston.
The campaign program is the Trump Red Dialer, an online call system that connects campaign volunteers with potential voters.
“It states you cannot disparage Trump or any “family member,” which includes grandchildren and his nieces and nephews, or any of their companies,” writes Ahmad. “Try figuring out who all of these people and companies are – just try! Nor can you even disparage any of these companies’ products.:
He points out that a legal question to ask is what is the consideration – what does the volunteer get – in return for signing this broad agreement? “One guess is that it could mean they may get access to some type of confidential information. But that is neither promised nor even implied in the agreement,” he writes.
