Courtroom sketch of Ivanka Trump at trial panned as ‘crime’

Courtroom sketches of Ivanka Trump on the witness stand at her dad’s civil fraud trial in New York were mocked online — with some snarky critics accusing the artist of being “jealous” of the former first daughter and committing a creative “crime.”

Ivanka, 41, was depicted on the stand Wednesday by courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg, whose sketch of a disdainful Donald Trump at his Manhattan arraignment in April for falsifying business records in connection to alleged “hush money” payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels went viral and graced the cover of the New Yorker.

But many online observers claimed the Reuters artist’s portrayal of Trump’s designer-wearing daughter — showing her long blonde hair framing her face, which had a pensive expression as she was questioned by state prosecutors — were unflattering.

“Damn what did Ivanka Trump do to that court sketch artist cause this feels like a grudge,” one person posted on X.

“This sketch artist should be charged with a crime!,” another wrote.

Some even went as far as to suggest that Rosenberg was sketching out of spite.

“Someone else who’s insanely jealous of Ivanka Trump and her breathtaking beauty must have drawn this court sketch,” wrote one person on X.

Others came to Rosenberg’s defense, with one person suggesting it was one of the “better portrayals” they had seen from the courtroom, where cameras were banned.

Ivanka — a mom of three and businesswoman who modeled in her youth — reluctantly took the stand in Manhattan Supreme Court in the $250 million lawsuit brought against her father and brothers Donald Jr. and Eric by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

James rested her case Wednesday, but not before Ivanka, the state’s final witness, was pressed about her role securing loans for the Trump Organization and about an apartment she leased from her dad.

The former president, 77, is accused of inflating the value of his assets for a decade on financial documents by as much as $2.2 billion in one year to win better loan and insurance terms.

Rosenberg’s sketch went on to become fodder on late night TV, with NBC’s “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon joking that he was excited to “complete [his] set of Trump courtroom sketch trading cards.”

The gag also featured fake Topps-style trading cards of the former president and current GOP 2024 presidential frontrunner, Eric and Don Jr — who had asked Rosenberg to “make me look sexy” when he took the stand in James’ case last week, she said.

Rosenberg — who issued an apology in 2015 for not making former NFL star Tom Brady look “as handsome as he really is” during his “Deflategate” testimony — told The Post on Thursday that she thought Ivanka was “stunningly beautiful.”

“It’s very hard to capture the subtleties of her likeness in such a short time,” Rosenberg said. “She’s smooth and perfect! Tell my models to hold still and give me more time! Apologies to Ivanka!”

Rosenberg added that it wasn’t easy being targeted by keyboard critics, writing in an email, “This bashing of courtroom artists is really hard to take.”

After eight days and dozens of witnesses for the prosecution, the defense will now have the opportunity to call witnesses to the stand, beginning on Monday.

Trump, who is the far-and-away top polling candidate in the GOP nomination and is leading presumptive Democratic nominee President Biden in five key swing states, faces having to pay millions and the loss of his New York real estate empire.

While he does not risk prison time in the civil case, he is however facing hundreds of years behind bars in four criminal cases in Washington, New York, Florida and Georgia for which he is charged with 91 total felony counts.