Former President Donald Trump is suing his niece and The New York Times for $100 million over what he claims was "An insidious plot" to obtain his tax records.
The lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court in Dutchess County alleges that Times journalists relentlessly sought out his niece, Mary L. Trump, to convince her to retrieve the former president's tax records out of her attorney's office.
Trump claims in the lawsuit that his niece revealed herself as the source of the documents that were key to the Times' reporting in her 2020 book "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.".
The lawsuit claims Mary Trump breached a confidentiality agreement by providing the documents to reporters.
The lawsuit accuses Times journalists of inducing Mary Trump to breach that settlement agreement to help produce what it describes as a "Scathing report."
The 2019 Times story showed how Fred Trump provided his son with $413 million, using tax avoidance in some cases, and challenged the former president's claims of self-made wealth.
