Ivanka Trump's Distance From Donald Trump Over the Last Few Years May Come to a Head in New York Courtroom

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Ever since Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021, Ivanka Trump hasn’t been as close to her father. While the move was likely a breather after the tumultuous events on Jan. 6, she never returned to the former president’s inner circle — and now, legal insiders might know the reason why.

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Donald Trump’s business fraud civil case in New York City is already underway and the witness list for the New York Attorney General has a curious name on it: Ivanka Trump. According to a Newsweek legal source that notable name on the witness list “usually indicates some form of cooperation.” Ivanka was able to exit the lawsuit last year because the time period that is named in the case was during her stint in Washington, D.C. She had left the Trump Organization by then, where she served as executive vice president.

Her insight into the inner workings of the company will likely be very valuable to Attorney General Letitia James’ case. Ivanka will be called to testify against her father, and her brothers, Donald Jr., and Eric Trump. While all three of her family members deny the allegations lodged against them, there is quite a bit of evidence that they inflated their wealth and assets to receive more favorable loans for their real estate dealings.

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Michigan attorney Jamie White told Newsweek that this was “a unique turn of events” because experienced prosecutors do not bring people to be witnesses only for the purposes of having them take the 5th [amendment].” That’s what makes him believe that “Ivanka might be cooperating to some level.” He added, “I don’t think it’s a frivolous subpoena. But we can’t rule out that Trump may have told his daughter: ‘Do what you’ve got to do.'” Donald Trump is about to find out what it means to have his daughter testify against him with possible incriminating evidence. It’s a situation no one probably wants to be in, but it likely explains Ivanka’s distance from her family.

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