Ivanka Trump Tries Getting Out Of Testifying In NY Fraud Trial

Forbes Business Breaking Ivanka Trump Tries Getting Out Of Testifying In NY Fraud Trial Alison Durkee Forbes Staff Following Oct 20, 2023, 01:23pm EDT | Press play to listen to this article! Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Ivanka Trump is fighting to not testify in the ongoing civil trial accusing her father, former President Donald Trump, and the Trump Organization of fraud, asking the court late Thursday night to throw out the New York Attorney General’s subpoena for her to take the stand after she was previously dismissed from the case. Ivanka Trump delivers remarks at the U. S.

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[+] Report ceremony June 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts Trump was originally named as a defendant in the New York attorney general Letitia James’ lawsuit, which accuses the ex-president, his business associates—including his children—and Trump Organization of fraudulently inflating the value of their assets on financial documents to obtain more favorable business deals and boost the former president’s net worth. An appeals court dismissed Ivanka Trump from the case in June, ruling the claims against her in the lawsuit, from before she left the Trump Organization in early 2017, were barred by the statute of limitations.

James’ office is still trying to get her to testify at the trial, issuing subpoenas to multiple corporate entities associated with the ex-president’s daughter. In a filing Thursday, Ivanka Trump’s attorneys asked the court to throw out those subpoenas, arguing she wasn’t properly served and the state court lacks jurisdiction because she’s not a New York resident anymore. Ivanka Trump also isn’t relevant to the case anymore, her attorneys argued, after Judge Arthur Engoron issued a summary judgment ruling before the trial that found her father and other business associates liable for fraud , narrowing the scope of what would be determined at the trial.

In an email submitted to the court, the attorney general’s office said it would file a motion Friday to compel Trump’s appearance. Crucial Quote “The [attorney general’s office], which never deposed Ms. Trump, is effectively trying to force her back into this case from which she was dismissed,” Trump’s attorneys argued.

What To Watch For It’s unclear when the court could rule on her request. The civil trial is expected to continue through mid-December. Other members of Trump’s family—including the former president and his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

—are expected to testify during the proceedings. All three are still defendants in the case. Key Background The attorney general sued the former president, his children, other business associates and the Trump Organization in November 2022, alleging the company had misstated the value of their assets more than 200 times on financial statements between 2011 and 2021.

The case asks the court to impose widespread penalties on the Trump family and their business, including canceling business certificates—which Engoron has already ordered —a $250 million fine and barring the defendants from running any New York companies. Before her father’s presidential inauguration, Ivanka Trump served as the Trump Organization’s executive vice president for development and acquisitions, which the James’s office noted included “direct[ing] all areas of the company’s real estate and hotel management platform. ” The initial lawsuit , from before Trump was dismissed from the case, alleges the president’s daughter was directly involved with some of the business deals that involved allegedly inflated valuations, including being responsible for loans that required submitting financial statements, and was “aware of, and knowingly participated in, the [fraud] scheme.

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