Yesterday afternoon, New York State's stellar Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion with Judge Arthur Engoron in the Trump civil business fraud case to compel the testimony of the Malignant Loser's lusted-after daughter Ivanka Trump. Earlier this year, Ivanka Trump was dropped from the civil suit on statute of limitation grounds and improper service of subpoenas, but Attorney General James believes some circumstances contradict Ivanka's claim that she severed relations with the Trump Organization prior to the scope of the charges. From Newsweek:
"On Thursday, however, James filed a motion arguing that Ivanka Trump should still be compelled to testify in the trial, regardless of whether she was a defendant in the civil suit.
'Ms. Trump remains under the control of the Trump Organization, including through her ongoing and substantial business ties to the organization. Ms. Trump reappointed herself to a participating member of several Trump Organization entities following her departure from government,' James wrote.
Ivanka Trump only 'disclaims any connection' when asked to answer for her involvement with the Trump Organization, James alleged, adding that her efforts to distance herself from her father's business carry 'no legal weight.'
'She does not seem to be averse to her involvement in the family business when it comes to owning and collecting proceeds from the OPO sale, the Trump Organization purchasing insurance for her and her companies, managing her household staff and credit card bills, renting her apartment or even paying her legal fees in this action,' she wrote.
James also disputed Ivanka Trump's attorneys arguing she was not properly served a subpoena.
'As an initial matter, Ms. Trump tries to draw a distinction between whether the subpoena had been served on her individually or as an officer of the entities addressed beneath her name in the subpoena. All roads here lead to Rome; regardless of how the subpoenas are parsed, sufficient service was effected to compel Ms. Trump's testimony, whether individually or as an officer or agent of the corporate entities,' James wrote." (our emphasis)
If you thought the Malignant Loser was agitated this past week during Michael Cohen's testimony and Judge Engoron's refusal to end the trial, his agitation level will go thermonuclear when his spoiled, lusted-after daughter has to testify for the State of New York under oath. He will violate his gag order in milliseconds.
UPDATE: The judge has ruled she'll have to take the stand to testify.
(photo: "OK daddy, but you have to increase my allowance." Getty Images)
