Key takeaways:
- Former President Donald Trump is expected to testify in a New York civil fraud trial on Monday.
- Ivanka Trump attempted to avoid testifying in the trial, citing “undue hardship” due to the fact that it would fall “in the middle of a school week.”
- The civil fraud trial is expected to last several weeks and will be closely watched by the public.
Former President Donald Trump is expected to testify in a New York civil fraud trial on Monday, a moment years in the making. The lawsuit, filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James in 2018, accuses Trump, the Trump Organization, and several executives including his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr., of a yearslong fraud scheme.
Ivanka Trump, the former president’s daughter, had attempted to avoid testifying in the trial, citing “undue hardship” due to the fact that it would fall “in the middle of a school week.” However, her cousin Mary Trump noted that Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner “probably have lots of help that most people with young children don’t have.”
Mehdi Hasan, who was speaking to Mary Trump on Sunday, mocked Ivanka’s excuse as a “pretty amazing excuse” and said that it “just speaks to the breathtaking entitlement of these people that they don’t even think that other people are going to look at their past behavior to realize that they leave their kids home all the time.”
The civil fraud trial is expected to last several weeks and will be closely watched by the public. It is unclear how long Donald Trump will be on the stand, but it is likely that his testimony will be a key factor in the trial’s outcome.
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