Ivanka Trump, along with the Trump Organization, has been under investigation for years for suspicions around the conduct of the president’s 2017 inaugural committee and its funding. This week, she found herself being deposed for reportedly more than five hours by the D.C. attorney general as the investigation continues, leading her to lash out and accuse the investigators of being politically motivated.
But Karl Racine, the attorney general in question, hit back, saying it is clear the Trump family and the inaugural committee broke the law.
At the heart of the investigation is the question of whether the Trump family use inaugural funds for extensive self-dealing. Because the committee, which raised an unprecedented amount of funds, spent much of its money on Trump properties, it could have been illegally funneling money to the family by charging egregiously high amounts for Trump Organization services. Continue reading.