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Trump’s Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations, Report Says Trump’s Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations
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A niece of President Trump will divulge a series of “harrowing and salacious” stories about him in an upcoming book, according to a published report. It would be the first time that the president could be forced to grapple with damaging revelations by a member of his own family. A niece of President Trump will divulge a series of damaging stories about him in an upcoming book, the first time that the president could be forced to grapple with unflattering revelations by a member of his own family.
The niece, Mary Trump, will release the book, “Too Much And Never Enough,” on Aug. 11, less than three weeks before Mr. Trump accepts the Republican nomination for a second term, The Daily Beast reported on Sunday. The niece, Mary Trump, will release the book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” on July 28, according to Ms. Trump’s publisher, Simon & Schuster. The Daily Beast first reported on the book on Sunday.
The report said that in the book, Ms. Trump, 55, will say she was a primary source for The New York Times’s coverage of Mr. Trump’s finances and provided the newspaper with confidential tax documents. A spokeswoman for The Times declined to comment on Sunday. In the book, Ms. Trump, 55, will say she was a primary source for The New York Times’s coverage of Mr. Trump’s finances and provided the newspaper with confidential tax documents. A spokeswoman for The Times declined to comment on Sunday. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Three journalists from The Times received the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting last year for their work providing an unprecedented look at the Trump family’s finances and contradicting Mr. Trump’s image of a self-made billionaire. Three journalists from The Times received the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting last year for their work providing an unprecedented look at the Trump family’s finances and contradicting Mr. Trump’s image as a self-made billionaire.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the report.
Ms. Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the president’s older brother, who died in 1981. She has mostly kept out of the public eye, except for a family feud over the will of the Trump family patriarch, Fred Trump Sr., who died in 1999.Ms. Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the president’s older brother, who died in 1981. She has mostly kept out of the public eye, except for a family feud over the will of the Trump family patriarch, Fred Trump Sr., who died in 1999.
Simon & Schuster, the reported publisher of Ms. Trump’s book, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Several former White House aides and Trump administration members have written books that have been problematic for the president, including the former F.B.I director James Comey; Andrew G. McCabe, a former deputy F.B.I. director; Cliff Sims, a former Trump aide; and an anonymous official who published a scorching indictment that questioned the president’s fitness for office.
Several former White House aides and Trump administration members have written books that have been problematic for the president. Publishers have made a small fortune from tell-alls and journalistic investigations into the Trump administration. Simon & Schuster has already released a handful of books with damaging information about the president and his family, among them Bob Woodward’s “Fear: Trump in the White House,” which sold more than a million copies in its first week; “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House,” by Omarosa Manigault Newman, a reality TV star and former Trump adviser; and, recently, “The Art of Her Deal,” an unauthorized biography of Melania Trump by the Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan.
One of the most glaring examples is a memoir written by Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, which Mr. Trump has sought to prevent from being published. The book’s release has been fraught with disputes over what the Trump administration contends is classified information. This summer, Simon & Schuster is also publishing a memoir by John Bolton, Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, a damning account that Mr. Trump has tried to prevent from being published. The book’s release has been complicated by disputes over what the Trump administration contends is classified information.
The White House is expected to give Mr. Bolton a redacted version of his manuscript by June 19, which would be four days before the book’s current publication date. The White House is expected to give Mr. Bolton a redacted version of his manuscript by Friday, which would be four days before the book’s current publication date. In his memoir, Mr. Bolton recounts how the president held up security assistance to Ukraine as leverage to get officials there to take up investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens — a scandal that led to the president’s impeachment.
Several books have pulled back the curtain on the Trump White House and have risen to the top of best-seller lists, including the 2018 books “Fear” by Bob Woodward, which was also published by Simon & Schuster, and “Fire and Fury” by Michael Wolff. (Simon & Schuster also published Mr. Trump’s own campaign book, “Great Again,” through its imprint Threshold Editions.)
A book by a member of the president’s own family is likely to be a lightning rod. Mr. Trump is facing criticism for his handling of the pandemic and the nationwide protests against police brutality, and his niece’s book is scheduled to come out just a few months before the election.
Mary Trump has largely stayed out of the spotlight during the Trump presidency, but she has criticized her uncle in the past, after she and her brother filed a lawsuit over the will of Fred Trump Sr., the president’s father. In the suit, Mary and her brother claimed that Donald Trump and his siblings had exercised “undue influence” over the distribution of Fred Trump’s estate, which was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In a rare interview with The New York Daily News in 2000, Mary Trump blasted her uncle and his siblings.
“My aunt and uncles should be ashamed of themselves,” she said. “I’m sure they are not.”
Alain Delaqueriere contributed research.