President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump sat for a deposition with investigators of the Attorney General’s office in Washington DC on Tuesday as part of its lawsuit alleging the misuse of inaugural funds, as per a court filing, reported CNN.

The Washington DC attorney general’s office had sued the Trump Organisation and Presidential Inaugural Committee in January, accusing the campaign of abusing more than $1 million by ‘grossly overpaying’ for use of event space at the Trump hotel in Washington for the 2017 inauguration, as per CNN.

Tom Barrack, chairman of the inaugural committee was deposed on November 17, reported CNN quoting a court filing.

The attorney general’s office had also subpoenaed records of Ivanka Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Rick Gates, the former inaugural committee deputy chairman, as per court filings.

Ivanka Trump on Thursday morning tweeted an image of an email that she had sent in December 2016 asking the Trump Organisation and Presidential Inaugural Committee to charge ‘fair market rate.’

She said, “This ‘inquiry’ is another politically motivated demonstration of vindictiveness & waste of taxpayer dollars.”

The lawsuit states Gates ‘personally managed’ discussions regarding the Trump hotel and event space.

In December 2016, Gates had written to Ivanka saying, “a bit worried about the optics of PIC [Presidential Inaugural Committee] paying Trump Hotel a high fee and the media making a big story out of it,” as per the lawsuit.

Gates had agreed with Trump hotels and family members to pay $175,000 per day for the committee to reserve space for four days.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, the event planner had advised the committee against the transaction as the Trump hotel charges were at least twice the market rate, according to the lawsuit.

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Wolkoff  “noted unease with the offer during an in-person meeting with President-elect Trump and Ivanka Trump,” as per DC Attorney General Karl Racine.

According to the attorney general, Wolkoff had sent emails to Ivanka Trump and Wolkoff expressing her concern.

“The Inaugural Committee accepted the contract anyway,” the lawsuit alleges.