TRUMP’S EX-JUDGE SIS MARYANNE DIES
Maryanne Trump Barry, the older sister of former President Donald Trump, has died at age 86.
She was found in her Upper East Side home on Monday morning. The cause of death is unknown, The New York Times reported.
A representative for Trump did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged her death outside of a lower Manhattan court, where he was testifying Monday in the civil fraud trial against the family’s business.
“Obviously, it’s a little bit of a rough day, but I still have got to deal with this stuff so you gotta keep doing it,” he told reporters.
Although a vocal supporter of her brother’s business and political ambitions, Barry last made headlines when she was secretly recorded criticizing Trump by her niece, Mary L. Trump.
Barry, a former federal judge, spent decades in the legal world before retiring in February 2019 amid an investigation over alleged tax fraud stemming from her father, Fred Trump’s, real estate empire.
The eldest of Fred’s children, Barry made a name for herself in 1974 when she became an assistant United States attorney for the District of New Jersey. She was one of only two women in the office.
In 1983, she was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the federal District Court of New Jersey. She was then tapped by President Bill Clinton to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1999.
Immigration cases
One notable case during her tenure occurred in 2006, when she blasted an Immigration Court judge for allegedly “bullying” an African refugee seeking asylum after several of the refugee’s relatives were killed during a coup.
The elder Trump sibling has repeatedly voiced a need for compassion on immigration issues over the years, which put her at odds with her brother in a way that was made public in 2020.
While being secretly recorded by her niece, Barry blasted Trump amid news that children were being separated at the border from their parents and being held in cramped quarters, according to The Washington Post.
“All he wants to do is appeal to his base,” Barry said. “He has no principles. None. None. And his base, I mean, my God, if you were a religious person, you want to help people. Not do this.”