The Super Fantastic Hilariously Absurd Part of Trump's ignorance of all things related to the law
In my family I have siblings and a niece that are attorneys.
Their jobs have included family attorneys, corporate counsel, prosecuting attorney, judge and lecturer at a respected law university.
When we are at family events we talk about interesting cases and even the non lawyers have developed a good appreciation of how the law and the courts work and you better stay "on point" or you will be ruled out of order and have to buy the next round.
When anyone has a minor legal issue multiple phone calls are made, theories established, mock courts, etc.
After years of no traffic tickets I got one and after a dozen calls and a seminar on how to question a police officer about his radar gun, and checking all of the minute SOP requirements to keep current and how to ask for the official calibration log for the instrument I showed up for court prepared for a thorough defense including question whether or not the office got the correct legal speed right because where he wrote the ticket and where he saw me . . . and so on.
The officer didn't show.
In any case the point is when you have family that have decades in the law you have a resource to make sure that you stay within the boundaries to pursue your legal interest and don't talk like an idiot about the law and the courts.
Here is the funny part:
Meet Judge Barry, Trump's older sister:
Barry served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1974 to 1983. She served in the civil division from 1974 to 1975. She served in the appeals division from 1976 to 1982, serving as deputy chief of that division from 1976 to 1977 and chief of that division from 1977 to 1982. She served as Executive Assistant United States Attorney from 1981 to 1982. She served as First Assistant United States Attorney from 1981 to 1983.[1]
She was nominated by Reagan to the Court and then later by Clinton to the Appeals court.
She achieved Senior Status.
She appears to be a competent judge with no outstanding political bias.
Trump is facing federal, state and local criminal prosecution. He is facing massive civil lawsuits from both governmental institutions and lots of individuals, including from previous staff from The Apprentice.
In November a new Congress is going to launch dozens of investigations that will open him up to massive exposure for both criminal and civil litigation.
And yet he talks about cases and the law in general like Barney Fife in Mayberry.
I am guessing that Judge Barry has given up trying to clue her younger brother in on how the law and the courts actually work.
If you look at the Trump Family Wikipedia page you will find that she has, by far, the least amount of information, a single sentence.
I am betting that Trump doesn't listen to her because "she is a girl" (she is 80).
Judge Barry has one child. Her son also is in a profession that would assist Trump. Trump's nephew is a psychologist.
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Since she knew her father and his criminality as well as DJT's even worse record, she probably is very wise to maintain as much distance from them and their affairs to avoid putting her career in jeopardy.
Besides, considering Donny is almost certainly a psychopath, if she got too close she might have legal obligation to have him committed.
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While his parents were living, he wasn't so close them either. His Dad passed away in the 1990's and it led to family squabbles about inheritance that got nastier when Donald was opposed to helping his dead older brother's family. It was everyone else in the family against Donald, and yet Donald got his way. I think he got his father to rewrite his will before he died and cut the children of Fred Trump Jr. (Donald's brother) out of an equal share, since the brother had already died.
Then a few years later Donald had to borrow money after his divorce or bankruptcy, and I think it led to another family squabble because the other siblings were against Donald getting a loan against his inheritance. I don't know all the details but there have been times when Trump siblings had lawsuits and court hearings against one another.
It's not the kind of family where they just call each other up and ask for advice or suggestions. Not a normal family dynamic there.
