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Donald Trump could "throw everybody under the bus" to protect himself, the former president's niece has said.
Mary Trump is a fervent critic of her uncle, who she has previously labelled an "instinctive fascist who is limited by his inability to see beyond himself."
Speaking on 'The Mary Trump Show,' which she hosts for media group Politicon, she discussed Donald Trump's ongoing legal troubles.
One of her audience asked: "The closer the legal hammer comes to Donald do you see any of his children, or people in his orbit, flipping? We know he'd throw them under the bus in a second."
In response Mary Trump said: "Absolutely, Donald would throw everybody under the bus in a second."
She went on to say that even if he did it "won't do his cause any good" because he is "the big fish."
Mary Trump added: "So the question then becomes are the people in his orbit smart enough, or cold blooded enough, or strategic enough, to flip on him."
Donald Trump is currently embroiled in a number of legal investigations.
On August 8 the FBI executed a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's Florida residence and private members club, seizing more than 320 documents marked classified.
For failing to turn the documents over when he left the White House Donald Trump is being investigated on suspicion of breaking a number of federal laws, including the Espionage Act.
If convicted of breaking the Espionage Act he could face up to ten years in prison, a fine, or both.
Donald Trump insists he declassified all the documents whilst president, and has suggested some may have been planted by his political opponents.
In Georgia Donald Trump is under investigation for allegedly attempting to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election result, in order to remain in the White House.
In January 2021 he had a call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he asked his fellow Republican to "find" the votes he needed to carry the state.
Speaking to CNN, sources close to the investigation said the Georgia prosecutor could begin winding up its investigation after the November mid-term elections, with indictments potentially being issued in December.
The former president, has defended the call with Raffensperger. He has previously declared investigations against him a "witch hunt" and has insisted on his innocence,
In Washington D.C. a House Select Committee is looking into the events of January 6 2021, when Congress was stormed by Donald Trump supporters attempting to stop Joe Biden's election win from being certified, and other associated efforts to overturn the election result.
Donald Trump is continuing to claim the 2020 presidential election was rigged, calling for a "new election" that could reinstate him as president in August.
These allegations have been rejected by a number of U.S. courts and independent election experts.
Mary Trump, a psychologist, is the 57-year-old daughter of Fred Trump Jr, who was the former president's brother.
In 2020 she published 'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man,' a book highly critical of Donald Trump's business and political activities.
Referring to her uncle Mary Trump wrote: "His deep-seated insecurities have created in him a black hole of need that constantly requires the light of compliments that disappears as soon as he's soaked it all in.
"This is far beyond garden-variety narcissism. Donald is not simply weak. His ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every moment because he knows deep down he is nothing of what he claims to be."
Newsweek has contacted Donald Trump's team for comment.
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