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By Isaiah Poritz
Eric Trump must produce a handful of email exchanges with his father Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign as part of a sex discrimination lawsuit from a former adviser, according to a federal court order.
Eight exchanges out of 101 that Eric Trump sought to withhold from the case aren’t protected by attorney-client privilege and a handful of other emails should be produced redacted form, Magistrate Judge
Parker ordered Eric Trump to produce the documents by July 3.
Arlene Delgado, the former Trump campaign adviser and lawyer, sued the campaign organization in 2019, alleging she was fired and faced discrimination after becoming pregnant from an affair with her supervisor.
The complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleged she was ostracized after revealing in 2016 that she had an affair with her boss Jason Miller, a communications strategist.
Delgado sought emails sent by Eric Trump, who isn’t a defendant in the case, to various campaign attorneys and staffers between 2017 and 2023. The emails mostly concerned a private arbitration involving Delgado’s alleged violations of a confidentiality agreement and communication about her federal lawsuit.
The judge found that most of the 101 emails are “privileged and do in fact concern the conveyance of legal advice or requests for legal advice” between Eric Trump and the campaign’s in-house counsel.
However, Eric Trump waived attorney-client privilege for three emails which were shared with his wife Lara, who was employed by a campaign vendor. And some emails with political consultant Susie Wiles and Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba “are not communications seeking or conveying legal advice and therefore are not priviliged,” the judge said.
Delgado represents herself. Habba Madaio & Associates LLP represents Eric Trump. Schulman Bhattacharya LLC represents the campaign organization.
The case is Delgado v. Donald J. Trump For President Inc., S.D.N.Y., No. 1:19-cv-11764, 6/26/24.
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