Mary Trump Warns Donald Trump Facing 'Historically Bad' Month

Former President Donald Trump's estranged niece, Mary Trump, warned Friday that her uncle is facing a "historically bad" month.

Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, faces a wave of indictments at both the state and federal levels. In addition, New York Attorney General Letitia James has also filed a civil lawsuit against Trump, his adult sons and The Trump Organization, accusing them of fraudulently overvaluing their assets to secure more favorable bank loans and taxation deals. Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has maintained his innocence in all cases.

Meanwhile, the former president was also scheduled for a separate civil fraud trial on January 29 for allegedly duping people into investing in a loss-making video phone. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan in 2018, alleges Trump received millions of dollars in secret payments "to promote and endorse" ACN, a marketing company promoting a new type of video phone. The lawsuit, previously denied a class action status, alleges that Trump promoted the product on The Celebrity Apprentice, the reality show he hosted.

However, on Friday a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that the Manhattan federal court wasn't the best place to try the case and instead the plaintiffs should bring their claims to states where they live such as California, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

In response to the dismissed lawsuit, Mary Trump took to her Substack on Friday to share her thoughts on the many allegations her uncle faces, adding that Trump has had a "bad" month with all his legal troubles.

"Donald has had a historically bad January, which he deserves, but these allegations deserve to see the light of day," she wrote.

Discussing both James' lawsuit and the ACN allegations, Mary Trump stressed that these allegations need to be heard.

"Everyone should know about every single one of his transgressions — and if this civil fraud ends up in a different venue, and amounts to a crime, he should be criminally prosecuted as well," she added. "We should take a moment to celebrate every time Donald is held even slightly accountable and the rule of law holds, but he remains a real and serious threat to this country."

In response to the dismissed lawsuit, Clifford Robert, an attorney for the former president, said in a statement Friday, "Having already declined class certification, we are pleased that the Court dismissed the nominal claims of the three remaining plaintiffs."

Newsweek has reached out to Trump's spokesperson via email for comment.

This comes as a growing list of others have warned against a second Trump term, citing his various legal troubles and the events of the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.

Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building on that day in an effort to stop the 2020 presidential election results from being certified in Joe Biden's favor. Trump claimed, without evidence, that the election was stolen from him due to widespread voter fraud.

In August 2023, Trump was indicted on four counts by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in relation to the riot, including conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights. Trump has pled not guilty and has said that the case against him is politically motivated.

Mary Trump took to X, formerly Twitter, last week to remember the riot while warning that America faces a "significantly greater" threat today, seemingly referring to the upcoming 2024 election.

"The threat we face today is significantly greater than it was three years ago. If only the corporate media could find this same sense of urgency," she wrote, while posting a photo of various newspapers covering the riot.

In addition, three former Trump staffers issued their concerns last month about a possible second Trump term in a joint interview in December with ABC News' This Week with host Jonathan Karl.

"Fundamentally a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it and I don't say that lightly," former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said. "We all witnessed him trying to steal a democratic election before and going to historic and unconstitutional lengths to do so and that just shows he is willing to basically break every barrier to get into power and to stay in power, but I'm also very concerned what the term would actually look like."