Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward and former President Donald Trump.
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward and former President Donald Trump.
  • Former President Trump claims he owns the audio rights to interviews conducted by Bob Woodward.
  • But legal experts say it's unlikely a court will agree with Trump, who claims he's owed $50 million.
  • It's "a huge reach," one lawyer told Insider.

Donald Trump wants to get paid or, at the very least, he wants to let everyone know that he's mad.

In a lawsuit filed last month, lawyers for the former president argued that he's due a hair under $50 million from journalist Bob Woodward and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, over the release of an audiobook containing more than 8 hours of interviews conducted while he was still in the White House.