The Department of Justice on Monday dropped a lawsuit that was filed against a former aide to ex-First Lady Melania Trump over a book. The department voluntarily dismissed the suit against Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, it said in a brief, one-sentence filing in federal court. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton nominee, approved the request hours later. A Department of Justice official told news outlets in a statement, “The Department evaluated the case and concluded that dismissal without prejudice was in the best interests of the United States based on the facts and the law.” Wolkoff’s lawyer told news outlets, “We are very pleased that the Department of Justice is dismissing this lawsuit.” The suit was filed after Wolkoff’s book, “Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady,” was published. The government alleged she failed to submit a draft of her book for review prior to …