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How fallout from a major Trump family scandal illustrates institutional self-policing

How fallout from a major Trump family scandal illustrates institutional self-policing

Maryanne Trump Barry, Donald Trump’s older sister, who died today at age 86, last made national headlines in 2019 when she resigned from the federal judiciary, short-circuiting a court investigation that followed New York Times reporting on the Trump family’s tax practices. Rachel Maddow cites Trump Barry’s resignation as an example of how institutions enforce a societal accountability separate from criminal justice. 

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