Ivanka’s chaotic legal strategy in family fraud lawsuit keeps backfiring on her
Ivanka Trump is playing hard to get with the New York Attorney General, but it’s not totally clear what the former first daughter’s end game is, or if she even has one.New York AG Letitia James says Ivanka has been refusing to hand over documents as the deadline for providing evidence required by the discovery phase of the Trump Organization’s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit draws closer.The lawsuit accuses ex-president Donald Trump, as well Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka, of lying about property values to secure cheaper loans for the Trump Organization.
In addition to imposing a $250 million fine, James is seeking to bar the Trumps from conducting business in the state of New York for the rest of their lives.Ivanka is pained.
She’s pained for her father, she’s pained for her country, but most of all, she seems pained for herself.According to the James’ office, Ivanka’s lawyers have pretty much quit cooperating with state authorities and are withholding documents being requested.
Specifically, they’ve been hanging onto thousands and thousands of emails sent by Ivanka between 2014 and 2017.When asked what the hold up was, Ivanka’s camp gave “no substantive answer”.“Defendants have either ignored the inquiries, provided non-substantive responses, or passed the buck to counsel no longer engaged in the case,” James’ office claimed in a court filing this week.“The time to meet-and-confer on these issues has long since passed.
