Ivanka Trump distances herself from her father and, as a witness in the civil trial on the inflated assets, declares herself practically unaware of all the tax issues related to the family business, despite her role as a front-line manager and trusted advisor to The Donald.
The former right-hand man of the tycoon in the White House arrived at the Manhattan courthouse in the morning to answer questions from the New York prosecutor's team who kept him in the courtroom for almost the whole day.
According to Letititia James, Ivanka Trump is "inextricably linked" to the Trump Organization. “She was very involved” in the company's activities and “negotiated favorable terms on a series of loans based on fraudulent financial statements,” the attorney explained on the courthouse stairs shortly before the start of the hearing.
In June, through an appeal to the court of appeal, the former first daughter managed to obtain the dismissal of all the charges against her due to the statute of limitations, but she was unable to avoid testifying.
No, he said, he was not "aware that Trump Org, by dealing with Deutsche Bank's private asset management group, was able to obtain a lower interest rate and commissions than they would have had if they had dealt with the commercial real estate group." No, she never talks about business with her husband. And still many «I don't remember» and a series of «I don't know».
“As I said a year and a half ago, I was not involved in the statements about his financial situation,” she added, noting that she was never involved in the preparation of her father's personal tax returns and had never examined them.
Trump risks having to pay a fine of 250 million dollars and the loss of control of part of his empire , in addition to the destruction of the image of a successful and very rich entrepreneur to which his challenge to return to the White House is linked.
(Unioneonline/D)
