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President Trump and Mary Trump announce settlement of lawsuit over alleged tax-records leak
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Politics/The Apex Times/Jun 17, 4:12 PM EDT

President Trump and Mary Trump announce settlement of lawsuit over alleged tax-records leak

The parties said they reached a $100 million resolution in a dispute tied to a 2018 New York Times investigation about the President’s tax and financial records, according to a joint filing in court.

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President Donald Trump and his niece, Mary Trump, announced they have settled a lawsuit that Trump filed alleging that she helped facilitate the disclosure of confidential information connected to a New York Times investigation into his tax and financial records. Both sides said the case was resolved through a settlement agreement worth $100 million, and they made the announcement in a joint court filing on Tuesday, The Hill reported.

The lawsuit stems from an investigation published by The New York Times in 2018 that won the newspaper a Pulitzer Prize, focused on Trump’s tax returns and related financial information. Trump alleged that Mary Trump engaged in what he characterized as an “insidious plot” involving the newspaper to leak confidential information for that reporting, according to the reporting on the dispute.

Trump’s complaint sought damages tied to the alleged disclosure, framing the matter as a breach involving confidential information. Mary Trump has denied the allegations, and the dispute drew extensive attention during the years that followed the 2018 publication, The Hill said.

In the joint filing referenced by The Hill, the parties described the settlement as a resolution of the litigation. The filing indicates the case would be closed pursuant to the agreement, though the exact procedural details and implementation steps were not described in the available report beyond the joint announcement of settlement and the stated total amount.

The dispute also highlighted the legal and evidentiary issues that can arise when allegations involve the handling of confidential or private information and the question of who may be responsible for disclosures that reach major media outlets. Because Trump’s claims were tied to specific reporting associated with the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation, the settlement raised questions about how disputes over access to records are handled through civil litigation.

Following the settlement announcement, the next steps would typically include the court entering any required dismissal or order reflecting the agreement. Until the relevant docket entries and any settlement terms are reviewed in full, it remains unclear from the reporting what, if anything, is required from each party beyond the monetary settlement.

The settlement concludes the litigation posture described by The Hill, but it does not address the underlying merits of the 2018 reporting itself in a public merits decision. The practical effect, however, is that the pending claims in the case have been resolved without a trial over the alleged leak and the responsibility attributed to Mary Trump.

Why It Matters

  • The settlement ends a civil dispute that was tied to allegations about the handling of confidential information and the individuals potentially responsible for disclosures that reached a major news organization.
  • By resolving the matter through settlement, the parties avoid a public merits ruling on the specific allegations that supported the lawsuit’s damages claims.
  • The reported $100 million figure also underscores the potential financial stakes in disputes that connect privacy and confidentiality claims to high-profile reporting.
  • The resolution may require court administrative steps, such as dismissal or orders reflecting the agreement, which would confirm how the case was concluded on the docket.
  • Because the settlement resolves the litigation without a merits decision described in the available reporting, it leaves the underlying underlying factual and legal questions unresolved in a publicly adjudicated form.

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Key Facts

  • President Donald Trump and Mary Trump announced a settlement of their tax-records leak-related lawsuit in a joint court filing on Tuesday, The Hill reported.
  • The settlement amount was described as $100 million in the reporting.
  • Trump’s lawsuit alleged Mary Trump helped enable disclosures connected to a 2018 New York Times investigation into Trump’s tax and financial records.
  • The New York Times investigation at the center of the dispute won the Pulitzer Prize, according to the reporting.
  • Trump’s filings alleged that Mary Trump engaged in an “insidious plot” involving the newspaper to leak confidential information, The Hill reported.
  • The settlement announcement indicates the litigation has been resolved, though the report did not detail full procedural terms or any separate public terms beyond the stated settlement amount.