'Donald's case implodes': Mary Trump warns her uncle of 'hefty punitive damages'

Donald Trump's niece has a warning for him.

Mary Trump, a psychologist and relative of the former president, on Friday raised the issue of Donald Trump's latest civil and criminal legal setbacks. Specifically, she noted that "Donald can be personally sued for January 6" events "after the Appellate Court rejects immunity."

Mary Trump, who recently said she hopes a judge "drops the hammer" on "The Donald," said "the door is now open for a potential floodgate of civil suits brought by those who put their lives on the line to protect our Capitol against January 6 defendants, and Donald."

"Each case carries the possibility of potentially hefty punitive damages," she added.

She noted that, "while the media has focused on the Court’s decision itself, this may also spell trouble for Donald’s criminal case."

"According to legal expert Joe Gallina, 'While this was a civil case, today’s significant decision could actually provide clues as to how Judge Chutkan will rule on Trump’s criminal immunity claims as well,'" Mary Trump wrote on her Substack Friday. "'While federal civil decisions typically do not have a direct binding effect on federal criminal cases,' he continued, 'the set of circumstances both courts are weighing are the same. Over the years the courts have applied vast immunity to presidents, but here we have a particularly historic decision with weight that sets the stage for the upcoming decision on his immunity in his criminal case.'"

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Mary Trump then added:

"'And,' Gallina concluded, 'the decision here was unanimous.'”

Once Chutkan issued her decision denying Trump's motion to dismiss based on presidential immunity in the criminal case in D.C., Mary wrote that "this decision is an historic one and obliterates Donald’s argument that he was acting in his official duties when he tried to subvert the election."

"Donald will most likely appeal, but for now the decision stands," she said on Friday night. "After not one, but two decisions have dismantled Donald’s immunity arguments, we can celebrate the fact that Donald is one step closer to being held accountable."