MEDIA LOSER: Lara Trump Fox News contributor Lara Trump appears on a daily basis on the network to opine on the various scandals surrounding her father-in-law. As if that blatant conflict isn't bad enough, on Thursday she mounted some absurd defenses of Letitia James’s civil lawsuit against the Trump family and their real estate business. Trump is the wife of Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump and current executive vice president of development and acquisition for the Trump Organization. James, the New York attorney general, announced a sweeping lawsuit this week accusing Trump, his adult children and their organization of years of fraud. Lara opened an appearance on Fox & Friends Thursday by reminding viewers of James’s past pledges to take down her father-in-law, which is an entirely reasonable argument to suggest that the civil lawsuit is politically motivated. It is not an exoneration, however, and if Trump is found to have outrageously been fraudulent in his self-evaluations of net worth for business purposes, then James’s motivations are largely immaterial. One of Lara's arguments on Fox News, however, was completely absurd: she made the case that the investigation is killing children. Lara told viewers that Eric started a charity to raise funds for Saint Jude Children’s Hospital, and that James is investigating the charity as part of her probe. “And unfortunately, guess who was hurt by that? It wasn’t my husband. It’s the kids of Saint Jude,” she said. “Who knows how many kids have died unnecessarily thanks to her investigation and just vitriol and hatred for anyone with the last name Trump?” Not the strongest case. |