Mary Trump Reacts to Donald Trump's $40M in Undisclosed Cash Transfers

Mary Trump, the estranged niece of Donald Trump, has urged authorities to "drop the hammer on my uncle" after it was revealed the Trump Organization had transferred around $40 million, including $29 million to the former president himself, without disclosing it to a New York court.

The Trump Organization is currently being overseen by a court-appointed monitor, former U.S. district court judge Barbara Jones, who was assigned to the role due to the ongoing $250 million civil lawsuit against Trump and a number of his associates which was brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Under this provision, the company is required to report any transfer of assets exceeding $5 million, but according to a letter Jones wrote to the court on Wednesday they failed to do this for a number of payments. This included the transfer of $29 million to Trump, for the payment of taxes, along with a $5.5 million payment related to a civil sexual assault case brought against the 2024 Republican frontrunner by writer E. Jean Carroll.

In May, a New York court awarded Carroll $5 million in damages after finding Trump liable for sexually assaulting her at a New York department store in the mid-1990s and then defaming her when the allegations became public. Trump is continuing to deny Carrol's accusation which he branded "a made up fairytale that was brought and funded by political operatives."

Trump, his two adult sons and the Trump Organization are being sued for $250 million over allegations they fraudulently inflated the value of some assets to receive more favorable bank loans and tax arrangements. They deny any wrongdoing, but in September presiding Judge Arthur Engoron ruled they are liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization's business certification, while a number of other allegations are still being investigated.

Mary Trump, a prominent critic of her uncle's politics and business activities, responded to the allegation that Trump Organization assets hadn't been properly disclosed on her Substack blog.

She wrote: "Why is this so bad for him? Because the court, specifically ordered Donald NOT to shift his assets around—just as if he were a MOB boss.

"If this were ANY other ex-president in modern history, this would not have been ignored by corporate media. But Donald is so egregious, so vile in his transgressions, that his alleged defiance of the court order is just par for the course. But I won't give him a free pass. Everyone should know about this—and no prosecutor should ignore it."

Under the subheading "What now?" she continued: "Letitia James has been made aware of the transfers...The court has been notified. It's time for them to drop the hammer on my uncle, and it's time for America to break out the [popcorn emoji]."

Newsweek reached out to Donald Trump for comment via the press inquiry form on his official website.

In her letter to the court, Jones said the defendants in Trump's civil fraud case had been reminded about their obligation to report large financial transfers.

She said: "We have discussed with Defendants why these transactions were not previously disclosed and I have not clarified (and Defendants have agreed) that all transfers of assets out of the [Trump] Trust exceeding $5 million must be reported."

Jones also said that on a number of occasions, the tax returns of organizations linked to the Trump Organization were not "properly disclosed" to court, though she said that later on "defendants provided the tax returns and acknowledged that their exclusion was an oversight."

Earlier this week Judge Engoron rejected a fourth bid from Trump's legal team to have his civil fraud case thrown out of court. The case is civil, meaning there is no prospect of Trump or any defendant facing jail time.