--- title: Ivanka Trump Charity Coffee Date Removed From Website description: The coffee date with Ivanka that was being auctioned off on Charitybuzz.com has been removed from the website. canonical: https://time.com/4604992/ivanka-trump-coffee-date-auction/ author: Kerry Close article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-16T17:44:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:51.241Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Auction to Have Coffee With Ivanka Trump Disappeared From the Web og:description: Bidding had reached nearly $70,000 og:url: https://time.com/4604992/ivanka-trump-coffee-date-auction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6049e533c569ae51/6988b351fb4eac554d890393/ivanka_trump_charity.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4893 og:image:height: 2752 og:image:alt: Ivanka Trump exits Trump Tower Nov. 17, 2016 in New York City. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Auction to Have Coffee With Ivanka Trump Disappeared From the Web twitter:description: Bidding had reached nearly $70,000 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6049e533c569ae51/6988b351fb4eac554d890393/ivanka_trump_charity.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ivanka Trump Was Auctioning Off a Charity Coffee Date. 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Ivanka Trump exits Trump Tower Nov. 17, 2016 in New York City.Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Kerry Close](https://time.com/author/kerry-close/) ## Kerry Close Dec 16, 2016 5:44 PM UTC A charity auction for a coffee date with Ivanka Trump has been removed from Internet. The [auction](http://time.com/money/4599018/ivanka-trump-coffee-date-auction/) was intended to benefit the Eric Trump Foundation, which supports terminally-ill children at St. Jude Research Hospital. However, a New York _Times_ article [published Thursday](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/us/politics/ivanka-trump-charity-auction.html) also raised ethical questions about whether face time with an influential member of the future First Family should be up for sale. Bidding for the coffee outing—which would have lasted 35 to 40 minutes—started at $8,000 on Dec. 5 on CharityBuzz.com. As of Thursday evening, the highest bid for the java date was $67,888, from Russell Ybarra, a Tex-Mex restaurant chain owner who wanted to encourage Ivanka to push her father, [President-elect Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump-choice/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod), not to restrict immigration law. The _Times_ piece quoted ethics lawyers who said that offering meetings with [Ivanka](http://motto.time.com/4591381/ivanka-trump-move-dc-climate-change/) Trump to the highest bidder could raise problems given how involved the President-elect’s eldest daughter has been in the transition process. Bidders also included a London-based investment manager who wanted to learn about Trump’s diplomatic plans for countries like Turkey where he invests, and a real estate executive who wanted to communicate with the president about election fraud. [Eric Trump](http://motto.time.com/4397182/eric-trump-ivanka-vp/) told the _Times_ on Thursday he was considering shutting down the auction. The original link to the site now redirects to CharityBuzz’s homepage, and no explanation was provided as to why the bid was removed. Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ivanka Trump had told the _Times_ that the charity auction is an annual tradition to fundraise for her brother’s foundation. This year, however, the winning bidder would have been required to pass a criminal background check and be approved by the Secret Service. 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