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It's going to be a week of highs and lows for Donald Trump and members of his family. First, the four-day There is also the fallout from new revelations about what Donald's oldest sister Maryanne really thinks of him (it's not good). These come courtesy of Maryanne and Donald's niece Mary L. Trump (who, as we all know by now, is the author of that Scandals are generally par for the course in powerful dynasties and while the president is the most famous—or infamous—member of his family, the Trumps are a large and diverse clan. And as with most families, there are good eggs and black sheep and favorites. Some love the spotlight, others keep a low profile. Here is a primer on Donald Trump's family tree: his parents, four siblings, Fred & Mary Trump (Parents) Donald Trump’s parents, Mary and Fred Trump at a gala in NYC, 1999. Ron Galella // Getty Images Fred married Scottish immigrant Mary MacLeod in 1936 and had five children: Maryanne, Fred Jr., Elizabeth, Donald, and Robert. Fred's authoritarian parenting style is no secret and despite his $300 million net worth, he was Maryanne Trump Barry (Oldest Sister) This summer, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man, a book revealing several highly unflattering details about the Trump clan and all its dysfunction. But this wasn't her first clash with her family. Mary and her brother Fred III filed a lawsuit after their grandfather Fred Sr.'s death in 1999, when they discovered they had been c...

Former President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey, on June 13. Trump appeared in court in Miami for an arraignment regarding 37 federal charges, including violations of the Espionage Act, making false statements, and conspiracy regarding his mishandling of classified material after leaving office. (Photo: Ed Jones, AFP/Getty Images) Former Trump called it a “sham indictment put forward by the Biden administration.” “This day will go down in infamy, and Joe Biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country but perhaps even more importantly, the president who—together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits, and Marxists—tried to destroy American democracy,” Trump told an audience of supporters. Trump also said if he is reelected, he would appoint a special counsel to investigate Biden, prompting the crowd to shout, “lock him up.” “I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family; name a special prosecutor; and all others involved in the destruction of our elections, our borders, and our country itself. They are destroying our country,” Trump said. Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court in Miami Tuesday afternoon. About 14 minutes into the speech, the audience sang “Happy Birthday,” to Trump, who turns 77 on Wednesday. “It’s a great bir...

This was not Fred Trump’s first arrest. Forty-nine years earlier, in 1927, he was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally that turned violent in Queens on a charge of “refusing to disperse from a parade when ordered to do so,” according to a newspaper report at the time. He was 21 at the time of this arrest; his son Donald would not be born for another 19 years. On Memorial Day 1927, brawls erupted in New York led by sympathizers of the Italian fascist movement and the Ku Klux Klan. In the fascist brawl, which took place in the Bronx, two Italian men were killed by anti-fascists. In Queens, 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neighborhood, eventually spurring an all-out brawl in which seven men were arrested. The predication for the Klan to march, according to a flier passed around Jamaica beforehand, was that “Native-born Protestant Americans” were being “assaulted by Roman Catholic police of New York City.” “Liberty and Democracy have been trampled upon,” it continued, “when native-born Protestant Americans dare to organize to protect one flag, the American flag; one school, the public school; and one language, the English language.” When news of the old report surfaced last year, Donald Trump vehemently denied his father’s arrest. “He was never arrested. He has nothing to do with this. This never happened. This is nonsense and it never happened,” he said to the Daily Mail. “This never happened. Never took place. He was never arrested, never convicted, never ...

Former President Donald Trump was indicted on Thursday and arraigned in New York on Tuesday, making him the first US president to be charged with a crime. However, he's not the first person in his family to be arrested, according to archived news reports. His father, Fred Trump, was a real estate mogul who wasdetained by the police once in 1927 and another time in 1976, per newspaper articles published in those years. Donald Trump wasn't born when the first arrest occurred, but he was 30 and working for his father's firm at the time of the second, 1927 arrest: Ku Klux Klan riot, New York City Fred Trump was arrested in 1927 during a Ku Klux Klan riot in Queens, New York, on Memorial Day, That day, 1,000 Klansmen marched in Queens to decry the deaths of two Italian fascists in the city, The Times wrote. They'd earlier littered the streets with handbills accusing the police of beating "Native-born Protestant Americans," and called for residents to "take your stand in defense of the fundamental principles of your country." "Liberty and Democracy have been trampled upon when native born Protestant Americans dare to organize to protect one flag, the American flag; one school, the public school, and one language, the English language; also when they march peaceably through the streets in honor of their forefathers," the handbills read, per The Times. The Klansmen were met by some 100 policemen, and both parties clashed in a "free-for-all battle," The Times wrote. When the dust s...

The claim: Fred Trump, President Donald Trump’s father, was arrested at a KKK rally in 1927 Numerous Recent posts began appearing amid nationwide protests spawned by the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25. The claim about Trump’s father gained traction after Utah Republican U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney — a frequent target of Trump’s ire — posted a photo of his father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, participating in a civil rights march in Detroit in the 1960s. What happened in 1927? On Sept. 9, 2015 — three months after Trump announced his bid for president — the tech blog Among those arrested, the article identifies a man with the name and address of the home of Trump’s father in Jamaica, Queens. The article details the charges filed against six of the men. However, it does not identify any charges against the elder Trump and merely states that he “was discharged.” The article does not say Trump's father was a member or supporter of the KKK or whether he was a bystander, falsely accused or otherwise the victim of mistaken identity during the chaotic event. More: Details on the incident The information available in the New York Times article made it difficult to figure out whether Trump’s father was directly involved in the melee or was simply a bystander, falsely accused or otherwise the victim of mistaken identity during the chaotic event. There is no indication in the article that Trump’s father was a member or supporter of the KKK. Police rec...

Side-by-side "Donald Trump: A white supremacist...just like dad," reads large text in a post shared by the group Anti-Trump USA on Feb. 25. On Donald Trump's side, the post highlights his partial quote from a Beneath a photo of Fred Trump, the text states he was "arrested participating in KKK riot" in 1927. The post contains some elements of truth about Fred Trump: He was arrested that year in connection with a clash between the KKK and police amid a parade in Queens. But the post goes beyond what is known about his actions to say he was "participating." The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about The arrest The The KKK riot broke out during the May 30, 1927, Memorial Day parade in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., according to archives from A week prior, police commissioner Joseph Warren However, on the day of the parade, police were unable to keep at least 1,000 Klansmen from participating. The Fred Trump, then 21, was We checked other reports of the riot to find more information — and found some discrepancies. A May 31, 1927, By Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2023 According to the A June 2, 1927, Alberto Martinez, a history professor at University of Texas, Austin, wrote "Even if Fred Trump was involved in the riot, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he was a KKK member or marcher, because news reports and court records both specify that local spectators (men and women) got involved in disrupting the parade,"...