Appeals Court dismissed Ivanka Trump as a defendant earlier in the case

A New York Appeals Court narrowed Letitia James’ civil lawsuit against the Trump family in late June. Ivanka Trump was dismissed as a defendant and decided that the statute of limitations would prevent the eldest daughter of Former President Donald Trump from suing for alleged fraud.

The Appellate Division in Manhattan decided that James can no longer sue for alleged transactions that occurred before July 13, 2014 or Feb. 6, 2016.

"The Appellate Division decision today represents the first step towards ending a case that should have never been filed," a Trump spokesperson told Fox News Digital of the June 27, 2023 ruling. "The correct application of the law will now limit appropriately the previously unlimited reach of the Attorney General." 

The Trump spokesperson added: "Going forward, we remain confident that once all the real facts are known, there will be no doubt President Trump has built an extraordinarily successful business empire and has simple done nothing other than generate tremendous profits for those financial institutions involved in the transactions at issue in the litigation."