The court ruled that legal claims against Ivanka Trump were too old because she left the family business to advise her father in the White House in early 2017. | Morry Gash/AP PhotoA New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed Ivanka Trump from the New York state attorney general’s civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump, the Trump Organization and three of his adult children.
“The allegations against defendant Ivanka Trump do not support any claims that accrued after February 6, 2016,” the ruling said. “Thus, all claims against her should have been dismissed as untimely.”James’ lawsuit alleges a yearslong fraud in which Donald Trump, his family business and the other defendants included false and misleading valuations on financial statements as a way to reduce the companies’ tax bills while winning favorable terms from banks and insurance companies.