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Teresa Giudicemay know Donald Trump personally, but she hasn’t reached out to the president for his help in her husband’s court-ordered deportation.
Teresa starred onCelebrity Apprenticein 2012,when Trump was host of the NBC reality competition series. Although Teresa said Trump, 72, was “nothing but a gentleman” throughout the experience, she hasn’t tried to call in any favors with the Oval Office.
“I don’t have a relationship with Mr. Donald Trump in that way,” Teresa, 46, tells PEOPLE.
But, she adds, “I would take his call. If he would call me, of course I would take his call.”
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Joe Giudice46, iscurrently serving out a 41-month prisonsentence for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud that began in March 2016. He is set to be released in March 2019.
But on Oct. 10, an immigration court ruled that Joe, who emigrated to America as a child but never obtained citizenship,will be deported to his home country of Italyupon his release.
The judge gave him 30 days to appeal the decision, which Joe’s team is actively pursuing.
The Giudice family is doing everything in their power to make sure that Joe returns home to New Jersey.
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“They know we’re gonna fight it. They know mommy is doing everything she can,” Teresa says of her daughtersGia, 17, Gabriella, 14,Milania, 12, andAudriana, 9. “They know I’m doing everything I can. So that’s it. That’s all I can do.”
“He’s very upset,” Teresa says of Joe, who they’ve since visited in prison. “And hopefully, you know we have two attorneys or even three I think right now, I think they’re bringing on a third one … and hopefully they’ll be able to appeal this and Joe will be able to come home.”
“Whatever the attorneys tell me. Whatever they tell me, that’s what I do,” Teresa says. “You know, we’re going to fight this.”
source: people.com
