Former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump reportedly asked for a delay in the civil trial because she is not involved in the allegations which form the crux of the case.
Ivanka Trump left The Trump Organization in 2017 to join her father’s White House administration. Her lawyers argued that James’ fraud suit “does not contain a single allegation that Ms. Trump directly or indirectly created, prepared, reviewed, or certified any of her father’s financial statements,” adding that “other individuals were responsible for those tasks.”
Ivanka Trump reportedly tried to delay trial in NY AG civil suit for fraud against the Trumps, saying she can’t prepare a defense by October 2. The Case was filed on Sept. 21, 2022, more than a year before the upcoming trial date. The investigation went on for 2 years before that.
Ivanka also did a sworn deposition before the NY AG on August 3, 2022. She and her attorneys knew she was a target of the investigation and have had more than ample time to prepare a defense.
Ivanka has made the right move in trying to distance herself from her family in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million fraud lawsuit against The Trump Organization, according to an attorney.
Several media reports took that as Ivanka Trump trying to save herself by suggesting her father and brothers, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, were the ones who allegedly signed off on the fraudulent financial statements.
However, attorney and legal political analyst Andrew Lieb said that Ivanka Trump is making the right move by requesting a delay to organize her defense, as she is not accused of being responsible for the statements.
“Ivanka arguing that she has a unique defense to the fraud case against her family because the lawsuit doesn’t even accuse her of lying about the company’s finances, as she had left the company back in 2017, is not a sign that she is going to throw her family under the bus. Instead, it’s a sign that whether the bus crashes or not, she isn’t getting aboard,” Lieb told Newsweek.
“It’s the smart and correct strategy for Ivanka to take and it demonstrates that [her husband Jared] Kushner’s lawyers know what they are doing in the courtroom.”
