"I never gave any approval for this image to be used anywhere else but GQ in the U.K. It puts me in a very weird situation as I have to protect my intellectual property and the privacy of Melania Trump," the photographer says, adding that he's already talking to his attorney. "I don't want those pictures to be used in certain ways which are inappropriate."
Source here.
Boom! The Liz Maier pac used the photo without permission from the photographer and of course Melania. Oh...can they be sued? Sued into oblivion and beyond? It bears repeating in the words of the photographer:
“I never gave any approval for this image to be used anywhere else but GQ in the U.K. It puts me in a very weird situation as I have to protect my intellectual property and the privacy of Melania Trump,” the photographer says, adding that he’s already talking to his attorney. “I don’t want those pictures to be used in certain ways which are inappropriate.”
It stands to reason that there would be, these images are not public domain, and there are restrictions on their use even with permission.