Trump settles $100 million lawsuit with niece Mary Trump

Former President Donald Trump has settled a $100 million lawsuit against his niece, Mary Trump, ending a five-year legal dispute over her role in providing confidential family financial records to The New York Times. The settlement was announced in a joint letter filed with a New York state court in Manhattan on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

The parties stated they are pleased to have reached a settlement and anticipate formally dismissing the case with prejudice in the coming weeks, which would prevent Trump from suing his niece again on the same grounds. The specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, centered on a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation published by The New York Times in 2018. The report alleged that Trump's late father, Fred Trump Sr., had transferred at least $413 million to his son over decades through complex real estate and tax strategies. Trump accused his niece of conspiring with Times reporters to obtain records protected by a confidentiality agreement signed in 2001 during the settlement of his father's estate. In court filings, Trump characterized the leak as an insidious plot.