Trump 'pissed' Ivanka dragged into fraud trial - she wants zero public attention
Donald Trump is reported to be upset and "pissed" over his daughter Ivanka's impending testimony at his civil fraud trial in New York.
The former president is said to be irked that his children have been made to testify to the Manhattan court - Ivanka will follow already-given testimony from Eric and Donald Jr. An insider source has told a US publication Trump is "upset and agitated" that his "children have been dragged into court." The source said: "He feels it’s another move to upset him... He’s pissed."
Part of the problem, the insider said, was Ivanka's attempts to stay out of the limelight since she left her role as an adviser to her father in the White House. Since, Ivanka has kept a low profile with an apparent desire to focus on her family life.
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Trump is concerned for his daughter, the source said (Getty Images)"This is causing problems with Ivanka who has worked hard to stay under the radar for the last two-ish years, and is bracing herself for the press and paparazzi who will pounce on her at court," the source told PageSix, adding that Trump "sympathises" with his daughter's feelings "because of how it affects her life in Miami".
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They said the 45th president is aware that "Ivanka wants zero attention" and he is upset she is being "thrust back into the spotlight." He reportedly feels his sons Eric and Donald Jr are more able to deal with the heat caused by the issues and fight back, despite Ivanka being the only adult child of Trump's who is a non-defendant in the case. He fears his eldest daughter is "more vulnerable" since stepping away from politics.
But another source told the outlet that Ivanka is "tough" and considered the testimony "more of an annoying thing."
Despite reports of Trump's concern for his daughter, there remain questions about Ivanka's decision not to publicly support her father's 2024 presidential bid. She has been more outspoken than her siblings on key issues and has also said she does not believe the 2020 election was stolen despite Trump's repeated false claims.
Ivanka and her father previously had a close working relationship (Getty Images)"I respect Attorney General Barr. So I accepted what he was saying," she told the January 6 Committee responsible for investigating the 2021 riots at the Capitol.
Ivanka and her father had a close working relationship and as Executive Vice President at the Trump Organisation and even acted as a boardroom judge on her father's The Apprentice TV show. In March 2017, she was officially made an advisor to the president and became Director of the Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship for the duration of the administration the following month.
But Ivanka was not present at the announcement of her father's 2024 presidential bid and issued a statement explaining she wanted to "prioritise my young children." "I love my father very much," she said.
"This time around I am choosing to prioritise my young children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics."
Ivanka, the daughter of Donald and his late ex-wife Ivana, added: "While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena. I am grateful to have had the honour of serving the American people and I will always be proud of many of our Administration’s accomplishments."
Ivanka was unsuccessful in an attempt to claim she is too busy to testify this week (AFP via Getty Images)Ivanka was unsuccessful in an attempt to claim she is too busy to testify this week. Her lawyers said that Ivanka "who resides in Florida with her three minor children, will suffer undue hardship if a stay is denied and she is required to testify at trial in New York in the middle of a school week, in a case she has already been dismissed from, before her appeal is heard."
Her lawyer, Bennet Moskowitz, told the judge Friday that state lawyers “just don’t have jurisdiction over her.” One of Donald Trump's attorneys, Christopher Kise, maintained that state lawyers “just want another free-for-all on another of President Trump’s children.”
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“The idea that somehow Ms. Trump is under the control of the Trump Organization or any of the defendants, her father - anyone who has raised a daughter past the age of 13 knows that they’re not under their control,” Kise said.
Trump is currently locked in a non-jury trial brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. James wants the defendants to fork over what she claims is more than $300 million in ill-gotten gains and to be banned from doing business in New York.
Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled that Trump committed fraud by inflating his financial statements. Furious, Trump has called the case and other legal problems he faces a "witchhunt" and "sham."
New York's lawyers argued that Ivanka Trump was a key participant in some events discussed in the case and remains financially and professionally intertwined with the family business and its leaders. Engoron sided with the state, citing documents showing that Ivanka Trump continued to have ties to some businesses in New York and still owns Manhattan apartments.
During her years at the Trump Organization, Ivanka Trump was involved in negotiating and securing financing for various properties, including a lease and loan for a Washington hotel and loans for Trump’s Doral golf resort near Miami and a Trump-owned hotel and condo skyscraper in Chicago, according to court filings.
According to the New York attorney general's office, Ivanka Trump retained a financial interest in the Trump Organization’s operations even after leaving for the White House, including through an interest in the now-sold Washington hotel.
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