Documents Show Ivanka Trump Didn't Testify Accurately in Inauguration Scandal Case

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Source: Mother Jones







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She said she played no role in planning inaugural events. These records suggest otherwise.




The Trump family has trouble with depositions. In 2007 testimony, Donald Trump was repeatedly shown to be a liar. In February, Donald Trump Jr. was deposed in the Trump inauguration scandal lawsuit, and on several key points, under oath, he provided false testimony. A review of documents filed in that case and other material obtained by Mother Jones shows that Ivanka Trump also testified inaccurately during her deposition in this lawsuit.

The inauguration probe was launched last year by Karl Racine, the attorney general of Washington, DC. He has alleged that Trump’s inauguration committee misused charitable funds to enrich the Trump family. As Racine put it, the lawsuit maintains “that the Inaugural Committee, a nonprofit corporation, coordinated with the Trump family to grossly overpay for event space in the Trump International Hotel… The Committee also improperly used non-profit funds to throw a private party [at the Trump Hotel] for the Trump family costing several hundred thousand dollars.” In short, the attorney general accused the Trump gang of major grifting, and he is seeking to recover the money paid to the Trump Hotel so those funds can be used for real charitable purposes.

During a December 1 deposition—in which she swore to tell the truth—Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of Donald Trump who was an executive at the Trump Organization before becoming a White House adviser to her father, was asked if she had any “involvement in the process of planning the inauguration.” She replied, “I really didn’t have an involvement.” Ivanka testified that if her “opinion was solicited” regarding an inauguration event, she “would give feedback to my father or to anyone who asked my perspective or opinion.” And that was as far as her participation went........................


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One email chain shows that Ivanka Trump was directly involved in the planning of at least one proposed event for the inauguration. On November 29, 2016, Rick Gates, then the deputy chairman of the Presidential Inauguration Committee (known as the PIC), emailed her the current schedule of inauguration events. He noted that Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a lead producer working with the PIC, “is going to call you to discuss some additional ideas she has about some other events that we would like to see if you would be willing to do based on our meetings.” Ivanka replied to Gates and Winston Wolkoff, “Great. I am looping in my assistant Suzie who can coordinate a time for us to connect.”.............

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[onecaliberal]

1. The lying liar lied? Color me shocked. NOT.

[SergeStorms]

2. I don't think that will shock too many on DU.

Now, a Trump being honest, and trustworthy? Then you'd have something totally newsworthy and shocking.

[mpcamb]

10. The real shocker would be if anyone does anything about it.

[Botany]

3. Rick, I'm shocked shocked to find there is gambling going on here

[C_U_L8R]

4. What's the word? Whatever could it be?

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Oh right! PERJURY.

With a heapful of fraud and other malfeasance.

[AZ8theist]

16. Yeah, right?

What a shitty headline.

How about: Ivanka Trump COMMITTED PERJURY in x,y,z....

Fucking ridiculous how these Nazi fucking shitheads CONTINUALLY get the benefit of the doubt...

[monkeyman1]

5. seem to run in the family !!!!

[DavidDvorkin]

6. It is accurate to say that she wasn't accurate

But it would be more truthful to say that she lied.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

13. If you say someone 'lied' it implies a certainty with regards to intent

And lawyers for these publications review this stuff.

It's FAR safer (in terms of lawsuits) for news sources to use cagey words like 'appears to have testified inaccurately' vs. 'lied'.

And honestly, this evidence is pretty thin.

"I'll have my assistant call you" is not exactly damning proof she lied about being involved in planning.

Also "some additional ideas she has about some other events that we would like to see if you would be willing to do based on our meetings."

Could mean 'we want to see if you can show up' just as easily as 'take charge of the planning of them'

[bearsfootball516]

7. "Didn't testify accurately"

Oh, yeah. Lied.

[ZZenith]

8. PERJURY! THE FUCKING WORD IS PERJURY!!!

Enough with this ridiculous inability on the part of the media to call things by their proper names. What magic does this family have that everyone’s afraid to frankly discuss their obvious criminality?!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

14. Not just this family, remember all of Bush/Cheney's lies leading up to Iraq

The M$M wouldn't call them 'lies' then either.

It's much harder to prove 'lied' vs 'spoke inaccurately'.

It's a CYA for these outlets and their lawyers.

[ZZenith]

17. Bush? ... Bush.......and Cheney?

Hmmm. Yes, upon reflection those names do sound familiar to me…

I declare I’m beginning to see the beginning of a pattern here.

Say, just who in the heck owns these “news” conglomerates?!

[3catwoman3]

9. "Didn't testify accurately."

Ain't that a nifty little euphemism?

[twodogsbarking]

11. I like women;

but not this one.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. I don't think tRump paid any penalty for perjury in 2007. . . . nt

[MissMillie]

15. When does he ever? (n/t)

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