It has come to light via a video clip on Twitter that former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump asked a NY appeals court to pause her father’s fraud trial. Ivanka’s attorney argued that she will face “undue hardship” if forced to testify because she is scheduled to appear “in the middle of a school week.”
Ivanka Trump asked a New York appeals court to pause the $250 million fraud trial of her family and its business empire as she appeals a judge’s order requiring her to testify in the case next week.
It has been noted that the request to stay the entire trial came at the tail end of a Thursday court filing arguing that Ivanka Trump will face “undue hardship” if forced to testify — in part because she is scheduled to appear “in the middle of a school week.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James urged the appeals court to reject that request, calling it a “drastic” and baseless move that “would upend an ongoing trial.”
Ivanka Trump’s filing in the First Judicial Department of the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division especially sought a temporary stay of the order for her testimony while she pursues an appeal.
It was on Wednesday that her attorney filed a notice that she is appealing “each and every part” of Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron’s order rejecting her bid to avoid the witness stand. She is expected to start testifying next Wednesday, following her father, former President Donald Trump.
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Ivanka Trump asked a NY appeals court to pause her father's fraud trial.
Ivanka’s attorney argued that she will face “undue hardship” if forced to testify because she is scheduled to appear “in the middle of a school week.” pic.twitter.com/9CtUIwFMQ5— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 2, 2023
