Donald Trump's sister says he's an 'unprincipled phoney'
US President Donald Trump's
eldest sister, a former federal judge, has said her brother is a liar who
"has no principles", secret recordings reveal.
The critical remarks by Maryanne
Trump Barry were recorded by her niece, Mary Trump, who last month published a
book excoriating the president.
"His goddamned tweet and
lying, oh my God," Ms Barry is heard saying. "It's the phoniness and
this cruelty."
Mary Trump said she had taped her
aunt to protect herself from litigation.
Mr Trump responded to the latest
revelations in a statement issued by the White House, saying: "Every day
it's something else, who cares."
The recordings were first
reported by The Washington Post, after which the Associated Press obtained
them.
'He had somebody take the exams'
In the secret recordings, Ms
Barry criticises the Trump administration's immigration policy, which has led
to children being held at migrant detention centres at the border.
"All he wants to do is
appeal to his base," she said.
One of the claims made in Mary
Trump's memoir - Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's
Most Dangerous Man - is that her uncle paid a friend to take a SAT test for him
- a standardised exam which determines university placement.
Ms Barry refers to this in the
recording, even suggesting that she remembers the name of the friend involved.
"He got into University of
Pennsylvania because he had somebody take the exams," she said.
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Ms Barry has been supportive of
her brother Donald and has previously said the two were close. She once told
the story of how he had visited her every day she was in hospital following an
operation.
"Once would have been enough
- the duty call. That's how love shows, when you go that extra yard." She
also said she "knew better even as a child than to even attempt to compete
with Donald".
Legal fees for Stormy Daniels
A Superior Court judge in
California has ordered the president to pay $44,100 (£34,000) to Stephanie
Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels.
The sum was awarded to cover her
legal fees relating to a non-disclosure agreement over an alleged affair
between the two.
Ms Daniels alleges that she and
Mr Trump had sex in a hotel room in Lake Tahoe, a resort area between
California and Nevada, in 2006.
The president denies the affair.
Ms Daniels said she had signed an
agreement to keep quiet about her claims in exchange for $130,000 in October
2016, days before the presidential election.
In a court ruling published
online, a judge ruled that despite the case being dismissed, Ms Daniels was "the
prevailing party" in the dispute and therefore her costs
should be covered.
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