Which court filings contain Maryanne Trump Barry's quoted statements about Donald Trump?
Executive summary
The quoted remarks attributed to former federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry — calling Donald Trump “cruel,” saying he “has no principles,” accusing him of lying and phoniness, and claiming he had someone take his SATs — appear in leaked audio recordings that were published and transcribed by news organizations, not in the court filings referenced in the reporting provided here [1] [2] [3]. None of the supplied sources identify a specific judicial brief, pleading, or other court filing that contains those verbatim quoted statements [1] [2] [4].
1. What the reporting actually documents: quotes reproduced from leaked audio, not pleadings
Multiple mainstream outlets say the remarks were captured on secret recordings made by Mary L. Trump and published by news organizations; The New York Times and The Washington Post reported and excerpted the audio, and AP, BBC, Guardian and others cited or transcribed Barry’s language from those recordings rather than from a filing in a court docket [1] [2] [3] [5]. Rev and other transcript services have produced written transcripts of the released audio, reproducing lines such as “He has no principles,” “Donald is cruel,” and the SAT allegation, but those transcripts are service reproductions of the recordings, not court documents [4] [6].
2. What the sources do not show: absence of identified court filings containing the quotes
The assembled source set contains news stories, transcripts, and quote compilations [3] [7] [4] but contains no citation to a complaint, motion, brief, deposition lodged with a court, or judicial opinion that includes Barry’s quoted statements verbatim. Where outlets note the recordings surfaced in the context of Mary Trump’s book and publicity around it, they attribute the language to secret tapes provided to reporters — not to docketed court material [1] [2].
3. Why confusion might arise between press reporting and court records
High-profile allegations often migrate from private recordings into lawsuits or filings, and reporters sometimes summarize or quote sources in stories about litigation, creating an impression that the language exists in court filings; in this instance, however, the immediate provenance reported is the audio released to newspapers and accompanying transcripts produced by media and transcription services [3] [4]. Several articles explicitly frame the material as leaked audio excerpts or transcripts rather than as excerpts from sworn filings or judicial records [1] [2].
4. Where one would look next if court filings are required
To determine definitively whether any court filing later incorporated Barry’s remarks, the next verifiable steps are to search party filings and appendices in cases where Mary Trump, Maryanne Trump Barry, or third parties were litigants — for example by querying PACER or state court dockets for PDFs that might include media exhibits or appended transcripts — because the present reporting does not provide such docket citations [1] [2]. The sources supplied here do not perform that docket search and therefore cannot confirm the existence of a filing containing those quotes [1] [2].
5. Bottom line and transparency about limits in the record
Based on the reporting and transcripts provided, the quotes attributed to Maryanne Trump Barry appear in leaked audio recordings and in press-transcribed versions of those tapes — as reported by The New York Times, The Washington Post (via other outlets), AP and transcription services — and the supplied materials do not identify any court filing that contains those quoted statements [1] [2] [4]. If a court filing does contain her words, that fact is not documented in the reporting supplied here; locating such a filing would require direct docket searches or sourcing from reporters who can cite a specific case and document page [1] [2].