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Ivanka Trump asked a New York appeals court to pause the $250 million fraud trial of her family and its business empire as she appeals a judge’s order requiring her to testify in the case next week.

The request to stay the entire trial came at the tail end of a Thursday court filing arguing that Ivanka Trump will face “undue hardship” if forced to testify — in part because she is scheduled to appear “in the middle of a school week.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James urged the appeals court to reject that request, calling it a “drastic” and baseless move that “would upend an ongoing trial.”

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[–] NVariable@startrek.website 78 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ivanka is flailing. She can lie for her father and face jail; plead the Fifth and try to maintain her innocence independently: or tell the truth and send trump to jail.

[–] knightry@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The penalty for this trial is monetary/forfeiture of ownership. There's no jail possible here.

[–] SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the testimony reveals criminal actions, then criminal charges can be filed. That was the big 'whoooah' from the testimonies of the other trump children; their testimonies apparently contained elements of criminal offenses beyond the simple civil matters of this trial.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a bingo. Can't fix stupid.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Fancy not actually going through the testimony you were going to give, in advance, to check that it wasn't going to make the situation worse.

Peak naivety.

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Telling the truth would also send her to jail unless she can reach a plea bargain, and I think that particular ship has sailed.

[–] milan616@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She's not party to this case, and it's a civil trial so there isn't jail time. Unless she's caught perjuring herself like her brothers. And even that won't likely affect any of them.

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lawyerly types of folks have been pointing out that the Trumpses have been making statements on the stand that open them up to criminal charges, so I’m not going to wager on her making a good case of it.

I think she is exactly as smart as the rest of her family, but manages to keep her mouth shut slightly more often.

Honestly, I would like the Saudi money and the West Bank money investigated for her and Jared.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I would like the Saudi money and the West Bank money investigated for her and Jared.

absolutely. Also, because I'm kind of petty like that, I would like her to explain to the NY judge why her kids can't be left with the other presumably functioning adults at home.