As Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial continues, his eldest daughter has kept a public silence.
Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, has maintained a notable public silence regarding the former president’s ongoing hush money trial in Manhattan.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment he arranged for his lawyer Michael Cohen to give adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep an alleged affair she had with Trump a secret ahead of the 2016 election.
The money was listed in the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s company records as „legal fees,“ which prosecutors say was part of an unlawful attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 race. Trump has admitted to reimbursing Cohen for the $130,000 payment but denies all wrongdoing, saying the criminal trial is part of a political witch hunt aimed at derailing his White House bid.
Since the trial began with jury selection on April 15, Ivanka Trump—who served as a senior adviser to her father along with her husband, Jared Kushner, during his term in office—has opted to forgo publicly commenting on his legal woes.
On April 14, the mother of three took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a photo that showed her at a motocross park in Florida with her children. „Moto Mama!“ Ivanka Trump captioned the post, which, like others, has restrictions on who can comment under the photo.
Five days later, on April 19, Ivanka continued to showcase her life away from the drama surrounding her father as she posted a photo from her recent trip to Utah.
Showing herself posing before a mountainous landscape, the former first daughter wrote in a caption: „Last week’s adventures still fresh in my memory as I step into the weekend.“
As her father’s trial continued to dominate the headlines on Thursday, Ivanka recommended a book and phone to her followers on X.
„Highly recommend @JonHaidt’s compelling new book, ‚The Anxious Generation‘!“ she said in her post.
