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   From: slime@nytimes.com   
      
   Mary Trump is under fire for what has been described as her   
   "disgusting" actions involving her secretly-recorded   
   conversations with her aunt.   
      
   Over the weekend, The Washington Post obtained audio clips of   
   Maryanne Trump Barry, the older sister of President Trump.   
      
   “All he wants to do is appeal to his base,” the retired federal   
   judge said about her brother. "He has no principles. None. None.   
   And his base, I mean my God, if you were a religious person, you   
   want to help people. Not do this.”   
      
   Among other remarks disparaging the president, Barry claimed   
   that Trump paid someone to take his SATs, an allegation Mary   
   Trump shared in her tell-all book released this summer.   
      
   MEGHAN MCCAIN GRILLS MARY TRUMP ON TELL-ALL BOOK: THIS SEEMS   
   LIKE A GREAT WAY TO 'GET A PAYCHECK'   
      
   While many of the president's fiercest critics feasted on The   
   Washington Post's reporting, Mary Trump's tactics of making   
   secret recordings of her aunt while getting dirt on her uncle   
   drew heavy criticism.   
      
   "An example of how the 'resistance' to Trump ends up resembling   
   Trumpism — all within the Trump family," National Journal   
   columnist Josh Kraushaar reacted. "Mary Trump secretly records   
   her aunt criticizing the president in private conversation and   
   leaks the audio to the press. Gross all around."   
      
   The perspective was shared by others.   
      
   "A great point," Washinton Examiner chief congressional   
   correspondent Susan Ferrechio agreed. "Would be gross no matter   
   the president."   
      
   WASHINGTON POST SLAMMED FOR SAYING PENCE HOPES 'FOUR YEARS OF   
   SUBSERVIENCE TO TRUMP' WILL AID HIS POLITICAL FUTURE   
      
   Making secret recordings of family members struck others.   
      
   "Some of the stuff Maryanne Trump said was clearly accurate, but   
   I find the niece recording and leaking that audio to sell books   
   very cringeworthy," writer A.G. Hamilton tweeted.   
      
   Others just rejected the practice outright.   
      
   "Mary Trump secretly recorded her aunt Maryanne Trump Barry,"   
   The Sabia Report editor-at-large Carmine Sabia said. "That in   
   itself is disgusting."   
      
   George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley   
   weighed in on the legality of Mary Trump's recordings.   
      
   "Some have asked if recording of Judge Barry was illegal,"   
   Turley wrote. "This is not a crime, just crass. You do not go to   
   jail for being crass in a one-party consent state. It is a truly   
   rotten thing to do to a family member, but this family is not   
   exactly the Waltons."   
      
   PELOSI CALLS TRUMP, GOP LAWMAKERS 'DOMESTIC ENEMIES,' 'ENEMIES   
   OF THE STATE' OVER MAIL-IN VOTING OPPOSITION   
      
   UC Berkeley Law Professor Orin Kerr also called the recordings a   
   "very mean thing to do to a family member."   
   President Trump, however, was dismissive of The Washington   
   Post's report.   
      
   “Every day it’s something else, who cares?” Trump told the Post   
   in a statement. “I miss my brother, and I’ll continue to work   
   hard for the American people. Not everyone agrees, but the   
   results are obvious. Our country will soon be stronger than ever   
   before!”   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/media/mary-trump-blasted-for-secretly-   
   recording-aunt-knocking-potus   
        
      
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