Ivanka Trump has filed an appeal to prevent her from testifying in her father’s civil fraud trial until her appeal can be heard by the New York appellate court. The appeal seeks to halt the entire fraud trial against former President Donald Trump, his two adult sons, and his company until Ivanka’s appeal is considered. However, the court denied the motion for a stay in a filing on Thursday night.
Last week, New York Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Ivanka Trump to testify in the trial, rejecting her attorney’s motion to quash a subpoena. Her attorney argued in the recent filing that compelling her to testify next week would impose an “undue hardship,” particularly because it falls in the middle of a school week. Ivanka Trump, who resides in Florida with her three minor children, claims that forcing her to testify before her appeal is heard is unfair, especially since she has already been dismissed from the case.
In the appeal, Ivanka Trump’s attorney requested the appeals court to stay the ruling that requires her testimony and to halt the trial altogether. The attorney argues that the New York civil court lacks jurisdiction to compel her testimony since she has not lived or worked in New York since 2017, and she is no longer a co-defendant in the case.
In June, a New York appeals court removed Ivanka Trump as a co-defendant, ruling that the claims against her were too old. This decision was based on the fact that she was not part of an agreement reached in August 2021 between the New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office and the Trump Organization to extend the statute of limitations.
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