Ivanka Trump’s clothing company has been hit with a class action lawsuit by a San Francisco rag trade rival who claims she is cashing in on her father being president of the United States.
Modern Appealing Clothing (MAC) says the first daughter ‘s firm has also gained an “unfair advantage” from from her husband Jared “working for the President of the United States” and charged that President Trump, his trusted adviser Kellyanne Conway, and White House spokesman Sean Spicer have all helped boost sales of Ivanka Trump Marks LLC products.
“As a result of their unlawful acts, defendants have reaped and continue to reap benefits and illegal profits at the expense of plaintiff MAC and the Class it seeks to represent,” the papers state.
In an email to NBC News, a rep for the Ivanka Trump brand declined to comment on the lawsuit. The suit comes as the president’s daughter stakes out an even closer position to her dad: Ivanka plans to join his team at the White House — although she won’t be an official “staffer,” a source familiar with the move told NBC News.
She won’t have an official title or take a salary, but she will occupy an office on the second floor of the West Wing.