At the age of 86
Donald Trump’s sister: Maryanne Trump Barry dies
Maryanne Trump Barry (r.) in 2006
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The older sister of former US President Donald Trump, Maryanne Trump Barry, is dead. Several US media report this unanimously. Trump Barry was a judge on the US Court of Appeals until 2019.
Maryanne Trump Barry, the older sister of the former US President Donald Trump has died at the age of 86. This is reported unanimously by several US media outlets, including ABC and CNN.
According to ABC, she was discovered in her New York apartment around 4 a.m. There are no signs of external influence or injuries. The coroner’s office will investigate the cause of death, it said.
Maryanne Trump Barry resigned amid investigations into father and siblings
Barry, a Republican, was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit until her retirement in 2019. She was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1983 by then-President Ronald Reagan and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia in 1999 by then-President Bill Clinton.
After her brother won the 2016 presidential election, Barry resigned from the court and became inactive in early 2017, according to NBC.
Barry eventually resigned amid investigations into possible tax fraud by her father and siblings. The investigation concluded inconclusively when Barry retired.
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Trump Barry criticized her brother Donald
Maryanne Trump Barry was considered a critic of her younger brother Donald. The “Washington Post” reported in August 2020 about a secretly recorded conversation in which she is said to have said about the ex-president: “He has no principles. None. None. And his base, I mean, my God, if you have one If you were a religious person, you would want to help people. Don’t do that.”
As ABC further reports, the relationship between the siblings has improved again. The ex-president held back from making any statements about her.
Donald Trump was the president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and plans to run for office again next year. The 77-year-old did not initially comment on his sister’s death.
Sources: DPA news agency, ABC, CNN, NBC, “The New York Times”