Ivanka Trump testified in her father’s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit in New York last Wednesday, but not everyone is buying what she had to say on the stand.
While under oath, the former first daughter used variations of the words “I don’t know”, “I don’t recall”, and “I don’t remember” over 30 times, with a few iterations of “Not that I’m aware of” thrown in for good measure.
Former Trump White House aide Stephanie Grisham (ugh) told MSNBC over the weekend that she doesn’t believe the 42-year-old could hardly remember anything from the 12 years she worked as the executive vice president for development and acquisition at the Trump Organization.
“I don’t buy that she doesn’t recall things,” Grisham said. “Ivanka Trump is a very, very smart woman and has an amazing memory. I used to actually always marvel about that when I worked with her.”
“So the talking about not recalling kind of rang a little not true to me,” she continued. “But her behavior was exactly the opposite of her father’s and that is what I saw the entire time was with them.”
Per NBC last week:
Ivanka Trump appears to be very poised, friendly and willing to engage with the attorney general’s office during her testimony, but is beginning to become more evasive with her answers.
She smiles and speaks softly, responding politely, but has started to repeat the phrase, “I don’t recall,” in response to documents being shown to her, including letters and emails she wrote herself.
Chris Kise, one of the president’s attorneys, has also made several objections. Engoron questioned Kise if he was “going to object to every document.”
Regardless of how you might feel about Grisham, there’s no question she has intimate knowledge of the Trumps, having worked in various roles in the Trump White House–from White House communications director to White House press secretary, to the press secretary and chief of staff for Melania Trump.
It wasn’t until after the January 6 insurrection that she finally distanced herself and became an outspoken critic of the alleged crime family.
Grisham went on to criticize Ivanka’s court appearance last week by reminding people that she “tried to get out of doing it many, many times, stating that it was the middle of a school week and that was an undue hardship for her.”
Ultimately, when she finally did take the stand, Grisham says Ivanka “was poised” and “answered things, you know, in the way that she does.”
Ivanka appeared to use the same tactic last week as she used while testifying-but-not-testifying before the January 6 committee last year.
In its executive summary of its year-and-a-half-long investigation released in December 2022, the committee noted that she had a shockingly limited memory of major events that happened just one year earlier.
“Ivanka Trump was not as forthcoming as [Trump White House Counsel Pat] Cipollone and others about President Trump’s conduct,” the executive summary stated, accusing her of exhibiting “a lack of full recollection of certain issues.”
The summary went on to say that she had a lot of convenient memory gaps and often “Ivanka Trump’s Chief of Staff Julie Radford had a more specific recollection of Ivanka Trump’s actions and statements.”
Video of the former first daughter arriving at the New York Supreme Court building last week went viral after she was met by chants of “Fraud family!” and signs that read “Indict Ivanka Trump” being waved by protestors.
After her big day in court, she retreated the safety and solitude of her ill-gotten New York City penthouse, where she posted a dramatic black and white photo of herself in the mirror to Instagram.
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abfab
This bears repeating (from an above X).
”Ivanka Trump is hell of a lot younger then President Biden and she can’t seem to remember anything.”
ShaverC
If you are ever put on a stand like this your lawyer will INSIST that you say “I don’t recall” rather than yes or no if you are at all unsure of the ENTIRE contents of the discussion or document. I can guarantee, even if you were not guilty of the charges, you would definitely be saying “I don’t recall” quite a lot.
Jaesly
@Shaver, why do you feel the need to defend this despicable child of privilege? You know she’s never going to sleep with you or even give you the time of day right? You mean less to her that dog shit on you heels. But yet you feel compelled to defend her. She might not remember every detail, but I am positive she remembers enough to reply to the prosecutions questions without perjuring herself.
abfab
Shavey knows…..he’s been on the stand several times.
Baron Wiseman
Election interference at its most brazen.
In 2020, President Biden ran a campaign from his basement relying on election machinations from a pandemic.
In 2023/2024, Biden is doing his best to jail his political opponent. This is obvious by the mere fact that no charges were brought against his opponent until after he announced his own re-election.
President Biden has no 2024 campaign office and only four people on the payroll.
dbmcvey
Considering Trump has said that he definitely will prosecute people he views as enemies your post is just stupid.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, Again with the misinterpretations. Trump was basically saying that the Biden administration for constantly going after him with the indictments hoping desperately that something will stick, that there might be only one way to fight back. “Well, I’ll give you an example… The answer is you have no choice, because they’re doing it to us,”
Remember he previously said he’s lock up Hilary if he became president but when it came time he eventually said, “We don’t do that in America. That’s just not the right thing to do.”
Where did he say he’ll “definitely” do it?
CathyCath
Not a baron and not a wise man either.
LumpyPillows
Biden does not control the Justice department and no evidence has been shown he has attempted to make the Justice department do anything. Trump, on the other hand has said he will do the exact opposite and force the Justice department to politicize it actions. BAD.
Biden has no control over the NY or Georgia Attorneys General.
This one is below you, Baron.
And, Shaver, the reason he did not go after Hillary was because there was no evidence at all to convict her. Not for a lack of investigations. Whereas Trump has admitted to essentially every crime he has been charged with because he pathologically can’t stop talking.
Baron Wiseman
@LumpyPillows
You are very naive about the Biden Administration. I’m certain this stems from your “news” sources; or lack of them.
Just like the Biden Administration silenced the Justice Department over the Hunter Biden laptop story?
Like the tens of millions of Americans who were censored by the left-wing social media platforms on the lead up to the 2020 election? This censorship was paid for and directed by the Biden Administration.
SoPluckyWhat
Oh baron. Biden didn’t have an administration in 2020. He was still a private citizen.
Baron Wiseman
@SoPluckyWhat
Yes, he was a private citizen in 2020 campaigning for high office from his basement.
“The Department of Homeland Security was censoring speech before the 2020 election, new emails released by the House Judiciary Committee show. Once in office, Biden kept up the censorship push.” – New York Post
We know that American tax dollars were used by the Biden Administration to silence millions of conservative Americans due to the release of the Twitter Files.
LumpyPillows
I have over-estimated you, Baron. I didn’t figure you to be a tinfoil hat guy. Biden has very specifically stayed away from the Justice Department, as Trump should have and did not. You have no evidence to the contrary. In fact, we all have evidence from Trump’s own mouth to his guilt and the reason for the cases against him. The real crime is that it has taken so long to bring these cases against an obviously guilty Trump.
LumpyPillows
There is no laptop story. Just like there was no Benghazi story, or vampire child molesters in the basement of Comet Pizza (that doesn’t even have a basement), or any of the other made-up stories from the right-wing smear machine.
LumpyPillows
Hunter Biden is not a government official. If he has committed a crime, he should be tried and if found guilty convicted. Best I can tell is he used his family name to advantage, as every other child of famous parents has. For example, the Trump hell-spawn and the billion-dollar gift Jared got. For what?
LumpyPillows
My post got put in jail, so I posted it in sections to find out what Queerty disliked. Oddly it was a comment about how nice endowed Hunter is. Go figure.
m
It should read “When did Ivanka Tell the Truth?
A whole lot easier to break down.
LumpyPillows
Did a Trump lie? Were their lips moving?
abfab
“Perception is more important than reality. If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if it is in fact true”
IT
cuteguy
Typical GQP garbage with selective memory. And we all know Fox News won’t criticize her bc she’s no longer a democrat. Propaganda network like Faux News is dangerous for our democracy. The GQP are todays Nazi Party. They must be stopped
abfab
FOX hired a few TROLLS—they hang out here, spying.
Baron Wiseman
@cuteguy
The Republicans were never the Nazis party. However, we do have a new, very vocal Nazi party – Democratic Nazis.
Who are the ones protesting, hundreds of thousands of them, all across our country for the destruction and death of Israel and Israelis? Democratic Nazis, that’s who. Hitler would be so proud of these protests.
Thank God, we still live in a country, so we know which people cheer the death and destruction of Israel and her people.
SoPluckyWhat
Oh baron, isn’t free speech wonderful!?
Baron Wiseman
@SoPluckyWhat
It certainly is!
Kangol2
Ivanka allegedly lied under oath in a NY courtroom? You don’t say–who’d be surprised.
Her father Don the Con lies, under oath and as a matter of course, as regularly as he heaves breaths in and out of that hideous orange mouth? Of course he does, just like summer follows spring, and Monday follows Sunday!
abfab
HIs sister just passed away. None of them care enought to take a break from being media whores.
frapachino
I don’t get the hatred here towards her, her father yes. It borderlines on misogynistic.
abfab
Let’s not discuss borderlines, shall we.
Jaesly
Am I the only one who wonders why Vlad thinks it’s worth paying his trolls to post pro-Trump propaganda on a gay pop-culture site? It seems like those resources could be better deployed elsewhere.
abfab
It has been discussed many times before. Beats the hell out of me, but it’s true. They are a bunch of clowns. Now we’ll wait for thier heads to pop off as they contunue their repeticious ranting.