President Trump's long-running fight with a family member over his tax records is quietly wrapping up. The president has reached a settlement in his $100 million lawsuit against niece Mary Trump, who he said worked with the New York Times to reveal confidential tax and financial information used in the paper's 2018 investigation of him and his family, per the Hill. In a joint court filing on Tuesday, the parties said they'd agreed to settle and expect the case to be dismissed "with prejudice" in the coming weeks, meaning President Trump won't be able to refile it. Terms weren't disclosed.
Donald Trump sued Mary Trump, the Times, and three of its reporters in 2021, accusing them of conspiring to breach a confidentiality agreement she signed in 2001 and of being driven by a "personal vendetta." That confidentiality deal was said to be tied to the estate of Fred Trump, the president's father and Mary Trump's grandfather, per Reuters. The Times' 18-month probe reported that Trump had received hundreds of millions from his father's real estate business through what it called "dubious" tax strategies; the work earned a 2019 Pulitzer Prize, per the Hill.
A judge threw out Trump's claims against the Times and its journalists in 2023 and ordered him to cover nearly $400,000 in legal fees for the paper. A formal dismissal of the case is anticipated to arrive over the next few weeks. Lawyers for both Trumps didn't immediately respond to requests for comment; the White House referred those requests to the president's legal team. More on Mary Trump's life here, including her recent marriage after she'd essentially stopped thinking about finding a partner.
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