November 3, 2023

Above, Tim O'Brien on Ivanka Trump.

TIM O'BRIEN: I can guarantee you Ivanka Trump has a nanny. And I guarantee you that absolutely nothing would keep her away from a Manhattan fashion show or a launch appointment or anything else if she needed something else to look after their children. So the idea that this is what they've proffered as a read-in for her not to be in court shows the extent to which they actually disdain the process and how much they actually want to go to any means necessary to appear -- to avoid appearing in court. Because again, as we've spoken about time and time again, they're being he'll be held accountable in the court of law not the court of public opinion, and they are used to being able to spin people in the court of public opinion. And this is why this process is so important. Donald Trump has routinely tried to undermine the rule of law in the legal process. And as a number of jurists, including the Supreme Court, reminded us, no one's above the rule of law, including former presidents. And especially including his children, even if their own children need to be looked after.

The First Shady Ivanka Kushner (née Trump) lost her appeal to postpone her testimony due to (checks notes) having school-aged kids.

Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump lost an appeal to postpone her testimony in her father’s $250m civil fraud lawsuit.

Her attorney had sought a delay in her testimony on 8 November, arguing she would face “undue hardship” as it was scheduled “in the middle of a school week”.

An appeals court swiftly denied her request late Thursday to delay her testimony.

Couldn’t she testify when they turn 18, your honor?

Related: The Atlantic

Donald Trump threw a full-blown temper tantrum at one of his lawyers upon learning of the March 2024 start date for his New York City hush-money trial—calling attorney Todd Blanche a “little fucker” in a tirade that lasted north of 30 minutes. The anecdote was revealed as part of a lengthy report by author Jonathan Karl in The Atlantic Thursday. “That’s in the middle of the primaries!” Trump reportedly yelled at Blanche. “If I lose the presidency, you are going to be the reason!”

Republished with permission from Mock Paper Scissors.

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