2023-11-13 19:55:00
Donald Trump’s sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, died at the age of 86 in her apartment on Fifth Avenue in New York. The woman was found dead in her room with no signs of violence and a heart attack, in the latest of the many personal losses that the former US president has faced in recent years.
Born in 1937, Maryanne Barry was a federal judge and served in senior judicial positions for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton during her career. In 1974, she became an assistant United States attorney for the District of New Jersey and was one of only two women among the office’s 62 attorneys.
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Trump Barry, known for her close relationship and protection towards Donald, and according to a source cited by The New York Timesthe former president tended to pay more attention to his sister’s words than to anyone else’s.
However, at the end of Trump’s presidency, a rift occurred between the two when secret recordings made by his niece Mary L. Trump were revealed. These recordings were part of the promotion of a controversial book regarding family titled “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.” . In these recordings, his aunt criticized her brother.
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In the recordings, obtained and disclosed by The Washington Post, Maryanne Trump claimed that the then president “lacks principles” and expressed his regret for his “lack of preparation” for the position. He also decried the president’s policy of separating immigrant families as “cruel.”
Who was Maryanne Trump Barry?
Maryanne Trump was born on April 5, 1937, in Queens, New York, the eldest daughter of real estate developer Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. As the older sister of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, Maryanne Trump attended Kew-Forest School. She graduated cum laude, earning a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke College in 1958, and later, in 1962, she earned a Master’s Degree in Public Law and Government from Columbia University. She continued her education in law, completing her doctorate at Hofstra University School of Law in 1974.
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In 1983, she was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Ronald Reagan. Her judicial career advanced in 1999, when President Bill Clinton appointed her to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
In January 2006, he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to support the nomination of his colleague Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court. He achieved senior member status in June 2011, and in February 2019, he announced his retirement from the position following the initiation of an investigation into allegations of judicial misconduct related to his involvement in fraudulent tax and financial transactions.
Regarding her private life, Barry’s first husband was David Desmond, whom she divorced in 1980. Later, in 1982, she married John Joseph Barry, a lawyer from New Jersey. However, the relationship lasted for 18 years until his death on April 9, 2000. Barry has a son from her first marriage, David William Desmond, who is a psychologist in New York.
In 2016, Barry made a $4 million gift to Fairfield University, a Catholic institution, with the funds used for scholarships and to endow the university’s Center for Ignatian Spirituality.
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