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Mary Trump Has Some Horrible News for Uncle Donald, He’s in ‘Greater Danger’ Than Ever Before

Now that Judge Arthur Engoron has ruled that Donald Trump and some of his businesses committed fraud over the years, his niece, Mary Trump said Wednesday that he’s facing “greater danger” than ever before.

Judge Engoron ruled against Trump on Tuesday in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit that alleged Trump and his two adult sons fraudulently inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to obtain benefits, including more favorable bank loans and reduced tax bills between 2011 and 2021, Newsweek. Trump continues to claim innocence and his legal team says they plan to appeal the decision.

Mary Trump may be his niece, but she’s definitely one of his most ardent critics, and she responded to the ruling in a Substack post on Wednesday afternoon in which she wrote that she hopes the ruling will be “something of a tipping point” now that he’s saddled with four criminal trials in the coming months.

In her post, What’s Worse Than Worst, Mary writes that she thinks her uncle’s “weakness” and “unconscious sense that he is a loser who can only ‘win’ if he lies, cheats, and steals” makes him “dangerous.”

“He believes that being a ‘winner’ is an absolutely necessary condition of his existence which partially explains why he threatens to burn it all down if he doesn’t get his way,” she writes. “The problem is, a significant minority of Americans, in conjunction with almost 100 percent of elected Republicans, seem determined to put him in a position to do just that.”

But then she wondered if her uncle is “getting worse” as he faces mounting legal battles that will almost certainly impact his finances.

“Is he getting worse? I don’t know. If he seems to be it’s because he’s in greater danger, legally and financially—even existentially—than he’s ever been before; there is more at stake (including his freedom and his wealth) than there ever has been,” she writes.

Indeed, Donald Trump is facing numerous criminal charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged him with falsifying business documents stemming from an alleged hush money payment made during his 2016 campaign, and he’s been indicted by an Atlanta-area grand jury in an election interference case.

Then there’s the two federal cases he’s facing surrounding the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol and those classified documents discovered at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

In her Substack post, Mary Trump wrote that Judge Engoron’s decision may really hit the former president where it hurts as he heads to trial for these charges next year.

“I hope yesterday’s decision by Judge Engoron in New York (which, according to Joyce Vance, is the equivalent of New York’s corporate death penalty) will prove something of a tipping point. It’s far past time all of the evidence against Donald and his decades-long crime spree reaches critical mass,” she writes.

Since Trump isn’t facing criminal charges in James’ case, he won’t be at risk of jail time here. But the civil case could seriously impact his bottom line, Newsweek reports.

Mary Trump notes that legal experts refer to the ruling as a “corporate death penalty,” because Engoron ordered the cancellation of his business licenses for The Trump Organization and several other New York entities he’s associated with—greatly hampering his ability to conduct business in New York. And since New York is the country’s largest financial hub, this is definitely a devastating blow.

Well, all I can say here, is that it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. As my dear dad used to say “You lie down with dogs, you get fleas.” Well, he’s got fleas.

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Megan has lived in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida and she currently lives in Central America. Living in these places has informed her writing on politics, science, and history. She is currently owned by 15 cats and 3 dogs and regularly owns Trump supporters when she has the opportunity. She can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GaiaLibra and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/politicalsaurus

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