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Maryanne Trump Barry, Donald Trump’s older sister and a former federal judge, has died at the age of 86 at her home in Manhattan. Barry, who was appointed to the federal bench in New Jersey by President Ronald Reagan and later elevated to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President Bill Clinton, retired in 2019 following a court investigation into the Trump family’s tax practices. Her relationship with her brother suffered a significant strain when their niece Mary L. Trump released recordings of her speaking harshly about Donald Trump during the final year of his presidency.
Maryanne Trump Barry, Donald Trump’s Older Sister, Passes Away
Maryanne Trump Barry, an ex-federal judge and the older sibling of Donald Trump, passed away at 86. The cause of her death remains undisclosed. Barry spent her final moments in her Manhattan home. The Trump family has yet to comment on her passing.
As a federal judge in New Jersey during the 1980s, Barry owed much of her career success to Trump’s lawyer, Roy M. Cohn. Nonetheless, she retired in 2019 amid a tax practices investigation into the Trump family by The New York Times.
The Trump siblings’ relationship soured when niece Mary Trump publicized recordings where Barry criticized Donald during the final year of his presidency.
Barry, a Republican, was appointed by President Reagan in 1983 and later promoted by President Clinton in 1993. As a widow of John J. Barry, a respected New Jersey lawyer, she benefitted from the Trump family’s questionable tax schemes found by The Times. The family’s financial practices came under scrutiny when her retirement made her immune to judicial conduct rules.
In leaked audio recordings by Mary Trump during 2018 and 2019, Barry expressed harsh opinions about her brother. The Washington Post published the tapes, revealing her dissatisfaction beyond Mary Trump’s book claims.
Born to German immigrants in 1937, Maryanne Trump led a privileged life in Queens, New York. After her first marriage ended, she married John Barry in 1982. She was known as a stern judge, once rejecting a plea agreement for two detectives accused of protecting a drug dealer. Despite her toughness, she encouraged women to take a lighter stance on sexual harassment issues.
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