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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    I couldn’t possibly answer for my crimes during a school night. I mean who would make sure our nanny takes the children to school? My butler? Please; how gauche.

  • @[email protected]
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    1801 year ago

    Oh girl please. You managed to travel around the world for 4 years as a “White House advisor” without any problems. You’ll deal with it.

    • Cethin
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      31 year ago

      Working class people have to do this all the time and they can’t just pay someone to take care of their kids for a bit and need to work to pay rent. If she gets special treatment for this, I’m going to be pissed.

  • @snekerpimp
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    1301 year ago

    I think you have misunderstood the meanings of “undue” and “hardship”

  • @foofiepie
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    Lol what. As a parent, school times are when you can actually get shit done. Half term/school holidays are when you have the least free time.

    This is of course assuming one doesn’t have staff, as she clearly will. What unmitigated bollocks.

  • @[email protected]
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    791 year ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        261 year ago

        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
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          111 year ago

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

          • Echo Dot
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            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.

    • @[email protected]
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      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
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        121 year ago

        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.

        • @[email protected]
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          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
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            111 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    621 year ago

    Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha!!

    Fuck you ya privileged cunt! Da hell fantasy clown world you been living in??

    • Bakkoda
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      61 year ago

      From what I’ve seen a really nice one where she does whatever she wants

  • @ghostdoggtv
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    451 year ago

    your honor, I can’t do weekdays, or weekends, or nights, and no days ending in “day” either

  • @mx_smith
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    391 year ago

    TIL ivanka has three children. I didn’t realize her and Jared had any hell spawn.

    • @ickplant
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      461 year ago

      Somewhat relevant and simply awesome:

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          It is! I normally wouldn’t link to that god-awful site, but here’s proof.

          • @EmpathicVagrant
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            Worth it, between the top of my screen saying TWITTER and not their stupid new brand, and this being real.

            • @ickplant
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              41 year ago

              I will never call it “X.”

              • @EmpathicVagrant
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                41 year ago

                When I read an article “so and so said ‘this’ on X” I’m thinking ok cool but do they say the same thing sober

              • @dynamojoe
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                Same. I had a Twitter account. It’s gone now. I never had an X account.

  • @Treczoks
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    361 year ago

    Does she actually have kids in that age? And if so, doesn’t she have a nanny to take care of them?

      • @DoomBot5
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        61 year ago

        Their nanny is probably an immigrant working here illegally that would be deported if they say anything about the lack of pay.

        • @Metatronz
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          51 year ago

          Possibly a Saudi gift? (Got dark, sorry)

  • @TallonMetroid
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    331 year ago

    Maybe you should’ve thought of that before you engaged in fraud, you worthless sack of air.