Donald Trump's older sister dies

Maryanne Trump Barry, the older sister of former US President Donald Trump, died on Monday at the age of 86.

Maryanne, nine years older than the former president, was a federal judge and prosecutor and had retired since 2019.

During her active life, she was selected by former Republican President Ronald Reagan to serve on the Federal District Court in New Jersey in 1983. In 1999, Democrat Bill Clinton chose her for the Third Court of Appeals.

According toCCN, she was one of Trump's closest confidants throughout his life, and one of the few people he asked for advice. However, that close relationship was affected in 2020, when their niece, Mary L. Trump, published statements by the elderly woman criticizing her brother's management in the White House.

Maryanne described Donald as a liar who "has no principles" and assured that he could not be trusted.

The statements, secretly recorded by Mary L., occurred in 2018 and 2019, when Maryanne was a federal judge and Trump said inFox News that perhaps he would send her to the border. Those were the years of Trump's anti-immigrant crusade, when children who arrived were separated from their parents and held in detention centers, a measure that she did not agree with and that, in her opinion, was due to the fact that her brother "has not read my opinions on immigration.

"All he wants to do is appeal to his base. He has no principles. None. None. And his base, I mean gosh, if you were a religious person, you would want to help people. Don't do this," Maryanne told Her niece.

"His fucking tweet and lie, oh my God. I'm speaking too freely, but you know. The changing of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Shit," he added.

In 2019, Maryanne Trump Barry retired as a federal judge on the Third Court of Appeals foravoid being investigated for judicial misconduct. A year earlier, investigations were opened against him for "dubious tax plans during the 1990s," according to the newspaper.The New York Times.

The eldest Trump retired with an annual pension of between $184,500 and $217,600.

According to the newspaper's investigation, "the Trumps had engaged in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including cases of outright fraud, that greatly increased the inherited wealth of Mr. Trump and his siblings."

Maryanne, who was then a judge for the Federal District Court in New Jersey, "was in a position to influence the actions taken by her family," the outlet added.