Trump is dangerous, should resign: Mary Trump

US President Donald Trump's niece says his uncle is dangerous and should resign.

Mary Trump made the comments in an interview with ABC News Wednesday morning.

“He is utterly incapable of leading this country and it’s dangerous to allow him to do so,” she said in her first interview after managing to publish her book despite pressure from the Trump family, including Donald Trump’s brother Robert.“This country is on a precipice and we have a decision to make about who we want to be and where we want to go as a country. It’s hard for me to process just how many awful things are going on simultaneously on a daily basis.”

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A court on Monday lifted a restraining order against her as part of an attempt by the president to prevent her from speaking out.

Mary Trump’s book reveals the president’s  extraordinary character and outrageous behaviors as well as his father, Fred Trump, described as a “high-functioning sociopath.”

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“He had no empathy, he was incredibly driven in a way that turned other people, including his children and his wife, into pawns to be used for his own ends,” she said. “If someone could be of use to him he would use them, if they were not of use he exiled them, in my father’s case [Fred Jr], tragically, he was not of use.”

Calling on the president to “resign” in her interview, Mary Trump added that, she “cannot let him destroy my country. There are so many parallels between the circumstances in which my family operated and in which this country is now operating – focusing on the wrong things, elevating the wrong people.”

lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday that they intend to keep fighting a New York grand jury subpoena for his tax returns and will file their legal objections before the end of the month.

Both Trump and the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance, called for an expedited process in a joint filing before a federal district court judge in New York. Trump's lawyers said they would file their initial objection to the subpoena by July 27. The final legal briefs from both sides would be due Aug. 14.

Trump's lawyers said the president intends to take full advantage of the avenues the Supreme Court left open to him in its ruling last week. The justices rejected his claims that he is absolutely immune from state grand jury subpoenas.

The Trump court filing said he is likely to claim that the subpoena is too broad, is motivated by a desire to harass, is meant to manipulate his policy decisions or retaliate against him for official acts, and would impede his ability to carry out his duties. They also say they'll need to know more about "the nature and the scope" of the investigation so they can evaluate whether the grand jury needs everything it's requesting.

But Vance said Trump can oppose the subpoena only on the same grounds that anyone else would and cannot claim he's entitled to special consideration because he's the president. As for his potential claims, Vance said the federal judge has already ruled that there was no bad faith or attempt to harass and that compliance with the subpoena would not substantially impair the president's ability to carry out his official duties.

It would be "highly irregular and inappropriate" for the president's lawyers to inquire into why the grand jury wants the materials, Vance said. "If the president has anything left to say," then Trump should do so "with all appropriate haste," he told the court.

The judge, Victor Marrero, scheduled a hearing for Thursday to discuss the potential briefing schedule.

Source: NBC News

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