Ivanka is being dragged by the hair into the middle of her dad’s fraud trial
Trump Kushner may have successfully weaseled her way out of being named as a defendant in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization, but that hasn’t prevented her from being thrust into the middle of the trial anyway.Last week, the former first daughter, who worked as an executive vice president for the family business before quitting to become a senior advisor in the Trump White House, found her name on the list witnesses submitted by James to the Superior Court of New York County.
Gulp.It’s unknown when she will be called to testify, but her name has already been brought up in testimony from other witnesses.
Yesterday, on day two of the trial, the court heard from Donald Bender, a former accountant for the ex-president, who said under oath that he noticed a Trump Park Avenue penthouse valued at two and a half times higher in business records than the price Ivanka was quoted when she was considering buying the apartment.According to Bender, Ivanka’s penthouse was valued at $20.8 million on the financial documents, but it was offered to her for just $8.5 million.That’s quite a discrepancy!And that’s just one apartment in one of Trump’s properties.The ex-president and his two adult sons, Don Jr.
and Eric, are accused of inflating the value of their real estate portfolio by billions of dollars a year to secure cheaper rates from banks and insurers.Justice Arthur Engoron, who has been overseeing the trial, has already found them liable for fraud.
