Ivanka Trump Deposed as Part of Inauguration Fund Lawsuit

Ivanka Trump has been deposed by lawyers who allege President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration committee misused donor funds, a new court file reveals.

The document, first reported by CNN on Wednesday, notes that Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and a senior White House adviser, was interviewed Tuesday by attorneys from the Washington, DC office of the attorney general.

The office filed a lawsuit alleging waste of funds from the nonprofit organization, accusing the committee of making more than $ 1 million in improper payments to the president’s hotel in Washington, DC, during inauguration week in 2017.

As part of the lawsuit, they have cited records from Ivanka Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Thomas Barrack Jr, a close friend of the president who chaired the inaugural committee, and others. Barrack was also deposed last month.

Trump’s inaugural committee spent more than $ 1 million to reserve a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital as part of a plan to “overpay” for party space and enrich the crowd. The president’s own family in the process, the District of Columbia attorney said. -general, Karl Racine, alleges.

He has accused the committee of misusing non-profit funds and coordinating with the hotel management and members of the Trump family to organize the events.

“District law requires nonprofits to use their funds for their stated public purpose, not to benefit private individuals or businesses,” Racine said. “In this case, we seek to recover the nonprofit funds that were improperly funneled directly to the Trump family business.”

The committee raised an unprecedented $ 107 million to organize events celebrating Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, but its spending has drawn continued scrutiny.

Alan Garten of the Trump Organization said that “Ms. Trump’s only involvement was connecting the parties and instructing the hotel to charge a ‘fair market rate,’ which the hotel did.”