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Donald Trump has praised his "beautiful, wonderful" daughter Ivanka in a social media rant about his ongoing civil fraud trial in New York.
In a post on his own social media platform, the disgraced former president said: "Tomorrow my wonderful and beautiful daughter, Ivanka, is going to the Lower Manhattan Courthouse..." Building on to his rant he then continued to blast the State's Attorney General, Letitia James, who filed the lawsuit against him, as well as the New York City Judge Arthur Engoron who is handling his case.
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Trump said that his daughter, Ivanka, will be going to testify "at the direction of Letitia Peekaboo James, the Corrupt and Racist New York State Attorney General, who has allowed Murder and Violent Crime in New York to flourish, and a Trump Hating, out of control Clubhouse appointed Judge, Arthur Engoron, who viciously ruled against me before the trial even started, wouldn’t even consider a Jury, and said that Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, is worth $18,000,000 when, in fact, it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount. Other properties likewise."
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In his endless rant, Trump brought up once again the valuations of his assets that not the judge, but a decade-old tax assessment made, estimating his Mar-a-Lago estate from $18 to $27 million. Trump has been wrongly accusing Judge Engoron of having made this valuation himself.
Ivanka Trump will testify in her family business' case (AP)And Trump continued: "Based on this information, which is so ridiculous, he said that I was a Fraud, when in fact it is Letitia James and the Judge who are Fraudulent for setting such LOW VALUATIONS in order to undermine and discredit my Financial Statements, thereby making me look bad - Election Interference! Now they are trying to bring Ivanka into the case, despite the Court of Appeals ruling that she cannot be charged. Sad!"
Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka, who has been in his inner circle in both business and politics, will today face questioning in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into the family business. She is due on the stand after trying unsuccessfully to block her testimony.
Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka, has been in his inner circle in both business and politics (Yuri Gripas/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX)Unlike her father and her brothers Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., she is no longer a defendant in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit. James alleges that Donald Trump's asset values were fraudulently pumped up for years on financial statements that helped him get loans and insurance.
The non-jury trial will decide allegations of conspiracy, insurance fraud and falsifying business records — but Judge Arthur Engoron already has resolved the lawsuit's top claim by ruling that Trump engaged in fraud. That decision came with provisions that could strip the ex-president of oversight of such marquee properties as Trump Tower, though an appeals court is allowing him continued control of his holdings, at least for now.
James, a Democrat, is seeking over $300 million in penalties and a ban on Trump doing business in New York. The ex-president and Republican 2024 front-runner denies any wrongdoing, as do the other defendants. He insisted in court Monday that his financial statements greatly underestimated his net worth, that any discrepancies were minor, that a disclaimer absolved him of liability and that “this case is a disgrace.”
Ivanka Trump was an executive vice president at the family's Trump Organization before becoming an unpaid senior adviser in her father's White House. Like her brothers, who are still Trump Organization EVPs, she has professed minimal knowledge of their father's annual financial statements.
Ivanka is no longer a defendant in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Ivanka Trump was an executive vice president at the family's Trump Organization (SIPA USA/PA Images)“I don’t, specifically, know what was prepared on his behalf for him as a person, separate and distinct from the organisation and the properties that I was working on,” she said during sworn questioning for the investigation that eventually led to the lawsuit. She said she didn't know who prepared the statements or how the documents were compiled.
As a Trump Organization executive, Ivanka Trump dealt with securing a loan and a lease for a Washington hotel and financing for the Doral golf resort near Miami and a hotel and condo skyscraper in Chicago, according to court filings. As her father's inauguration neared, she announced in January 2017 that she was stepping away from her Trump Organization job. After her time in the administration, she moved to Florida.
An appeals court dismissed her as a defendant in the lawsuit in June, saying the claims against her were too old. Her attorneys contended that she shouldn't have to testify. They said the state was just trying to harass the family by dragging her into court.
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The attorney general's office argued that her testimony would be relevant, saying she was involved in some events discussed in the case and remains financially and professionally entwined with the Trump Organization and its leaders. The company has bought insurance for her and her businesses, managed her household staff and credit card bills, rented out her apartment and paid her legal fees, according to the state's court papers. Engoron and, later, an appeals court ruled that she had to testify.