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Trump Sues His Niece Mary And 'The New York Times' Over Tax Return Stories

The former president has sued the newspaper, three of its reporters and Mary Trump, his niece, over a 2018 investigation of his tax returns. He accuses Mary of breaking a confidentiality agreement.
Former President Donald Trump has sued Mary Trump, his niece, and <em>The New York Times</em> over an award-winning 2018 investigation into how much he paid in taxes.

Former President Donald Trump has sued The New York Times and several of its reporters, along with one of its key sources — his niece — for obtaining tens of thousands of pages of his tax documents for an investigation into his finances that won a Pulitzer Prize.

The , published in October 2018, concluded that Trump "participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud."

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