Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka takes the witness stand in civil fraud trial
Ivanka Trump’s appearance follows testimony by her two adult brothers and Trump, who leads the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination despite his maelstrom of legal troubles. Unlike her siblings and father, she is not a defendant in the case. As questioning got underway, Ivanka said she focused on redeveloping the Doral golf course in Florida and the Old Post Office property in Washington when she served as a top executive at the company from 2011 to 2017.
She said she was "generally familiar" with accounting practices but was not a specialist. The lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, accuses Trump and his family businesses of manipulating real estate asset values to dupe lenders and insurers and embellish Trump's reputation as a successful businessman. Justice Arthur Engoron has already ruled that the conduct amounts to fraud and is now considering what penalties to impose.
Trump has denied wrongdoing and accused James and Engoron of political bias and “election interference." He repeated those claims on social media late on Tuesday, saying it was "Sad!" that Ivanka was being forced to testify. ALSO READ: $135 million: What Ivanka Trump, Kushner earned last year as Trump's aides' During defiant and rambling testimony on Monday, Trump acknowledged that valuations for his properties were not always accurate but said the errors were not relevant to the financial institutions that used them to price deals. His sons Donald Jr.
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Donald Trump Jr. lauds dad’s real estate exploits as ex-president's civil fraud trial begins defense
