Chicago Sun-Times

SISTER SLAMS TRUMP IN SECRET RECORDINGS

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s older sister, a former federal judge, is heard sharply criticizin­g her brother in a series of recordings, at one point saying of the president, “He has no principles.”

Maryanne Trump Barry was secretly recorded by her niece, Mary Trump, who recently released a book denouncing the president. Mary Trump said Saturday she made the recordings in 2018 and 2019.

In a recording, Barry, 83, says she had heard a 2018 interview with her brother on Fox News in which he suggested he would put her on the border to oversee cases of separated immigrant children.

“His base, I mean my God, if you were a religious person, you want to help people. Not do this,” Barry says.

At another point she says: “His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God.” She adds: “I’m talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories. The lack of preparatio­n. The lying. Holy sh--.”

The recordings came to light just a day after the late Robert Trump, brother to Maryanne and the president, was memorializ­ed in a service at the White House. Later, the president was dismissive of the recordings.

“Every day it’s something else, who cares. I miss my brother, and I’ll continue to work hard for the American people,” Trump said in a statement.

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