Posted on 10/27/2023 10:47:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
The New York judge overseeing the civil trial against former President Donald Trump and his business has ordered the ex-president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, to take the stand and testify in the case against her family.
Judge Arthur Engeron made the ruling Friday after a lengthy back-and-forth with defense attorneys who said Mr. Trump’s daughter left the Trump Organization in 2017 and had been dismissed from the civil case, so forcing her to testify amounted to harassment of the Trumps.
The judge said Ivanka Trump conducted business in New York and owns property there, so her testimony is relevant. He said Ms. Trump could appeal the decision and would not have to testify before Wednesday.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing a lawsuit claiming Mr. Trump and his business manipulated financial statements to gain favorable terms on insurance and loans.
Her office said Ivanka Trump has relevant information despite not being a party to the case.
“She indisputably has personal knowledge of facts relevant to the claims against the remaining individual and entity defendants. But even beyond that, Ms. Trump remains financially and professionally intertwined with the Trump Organization and other defendants and can be called as a person still under their control,” the attorney general’s office said in a court filing.
The trial, which is wrapping up its fourth week, has featured testimony from former accountants and Trump lawyer-turned-fixer Michael Cohen, who piqued Ms. James’ interest by telling Congress years ago that Mr. Trump had a penchant for manipulating statements about his assets.
Mr. Trump and his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, are parties to the case and are expected to testify.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
No mercy shown to Trump family or associates——or voters.
JUDGE ERGODEN is PURE EVIL.
I DO NOT RECALL.
Emulate Ollie North.
Is it just spouses that are constitutionally protected from being forced to testify against each other
I don't remember and no are all you need,
They’ve got Barron on deck!
Trump will be back in the highest office.. And these smug rats will be tested, tried, and done.
This stuff just adds points to Trump’s hi numbers
I testify- Judge- That you are one of the most evil men to walk the face of the planet.
No sons?, just the daughter?
This harassment is from the pit... And those who live there.
And Fauci
Surprised they aren’t trying to subpoena Trumps first wife Ivana from the grave. Have they tried subpoenaing Melania Trump yet?? Baron Trump???
So what are these bastards trying to preserve? Continual wars until the USA is destroyed? Do they want the middle class to cease to exist? It sure seems like it when they’re going to these insane lengths to destroy a man who dared to ...and did prove that the USA could once again be a great, stable country in a peaceful world.
Pedo-looking judge says what?
“Emulate Ollie North.”
Or Hillary.
“...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.”
― George Orwell, 1984
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“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984
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“The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war...”
― George Orwell, 1984
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“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.”
― George Orwell, 1984
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“The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
― George Orwell, 1984
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“The war, therefore if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are incapable of hurting one another. But though it is unreal it is not meaningless. It eats up the surplus of consumable goods, and it helps to preserve the special mental atmosphere that the hierarchical society needs. War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another, and the victor always plundered the vanquished. In our own day they are not fighting against one another at all. The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact. The very word “war,” therefore, has become misleading. It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist. The peculiar pressure that is exerted on human beings between the Neolithic Age and the early twentieth century has disappeared and has been replaced by something quite different. The effect would be much the same if the three superstates, instead of fighting one another, should agree to live in perpetual peace, each inviolate within its own boundaries. For in that case each would still be a self-contained universe, freed forever from the sobering influence of external danger. A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war. This—although the vast majority of Party members understand it only in a shallower sense—is the inner meaning of the Party slogan: WAR IS PEACE.”
― George Orwell, 1984
He’s already passed judgement by terminating Trumps business license - he’s just trying to find a reason to support it.
This isn’t a trial - this is an abomination.
I know its a joke, but Ivanka is to try and provoke a reaction. I wouldn't put it past them to try it.
I'll say this: when all is said and done, and this business is shown to have as much reality as the Steele Dossier, there are people who need a reckoning.
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