{"id":6120,"date":"2021-10-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6120"},"modified":"2021-09-27T13:46:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:46:16","slug":"trump-sues-niece-ny-times-over-records-behind-18-tax-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6120","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sues Niece, NY Times Over Records Behind \u201918 Tax Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former President Donald Trump sued his estranged niece and\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0over a 2018 story about his family\u2019s wealth and tax practices that was partly based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper\u2019s reporters, according to the Associated Press. Trump\u2019s lawsuit accuses Mary Trump of breaching a settlement agreement by disclosing tax records she received in a dispute over family patriarch Fred Trump\u2019s estate. The lawsuit accuses the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0and three of its investigative reporters of relentlessly seeking out Mary Trump as a source of information and convincing her to turn over documents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/trump.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6121\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The suit claims the reporters were aware the settlement agreement barred her from disclosing the documents. The\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u2019 story challenged Trump\u2019s claims of self-made wealth by documenting how his father, Fred, had given him at least $413 million over the decades, including through tax avoidance schemes. Mary Trump identified herself in a book published last year as the source of the documents provided to the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>. Trump\u2019s lawsuit alleges Mary Trump, the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0and its reporters \u201cwere motivated by a personal vendetta\u201d against him and a desire to push a political agenda. The defendants \u201cengaged in an insidious plot to obtain confidential and highly-sensitive records which they exploited for their own benefit and utilized as a means of falsely legitimizing their publicized works,\u201d the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you would like to speak with an attorney, give us a call at 816-524-4949 or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\">website<\/a> to schedule a consultation.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump sued his estranged niece and\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0over a 2018 story about his family\u2019s wealth and tax practices that was partly based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper\u2019s reporters, according to the Associated Press. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6120\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawsuits"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6122,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6120\/revisions\/6122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}