There was NO gavel to gavel coverage….
No real time talking heads….
Just Donald J. Trump sitting in the New York State Attorney General’s Office answering question’s in a case that could cost him, his family and business $250 Million and shut them out of doing business in the place he was born New York….
Trump was compelled to answer question’s due to the fact NOT doing so could help him lose the case at trial….
(There were NO supporters…Just cops, his agents and media types….)
Trump may have trial in another civil case as soon as next week…..
This case is due to start in October…..
The Manhttan DA’s case maybe in December…..
And there is also the Atlanta , Ga. DA and Federal criminal cases….
(He’s goona try to stall, anyone?)
And he’s running for President?
Donald J. Trump was questioned under oath on Thursday in a civil fraud lawsuit brought by Attorney General Letitia James of New York, the latest in a series of legal predicaments entangling the former president, who also faces a separate 34-count criminal indictment unsealed last week.
Ms. James’s civil case, which was filed in September and is expected to go to trial later this year, accuses Mr. Trump, his family business and three of his children of a “staggering” fraud for overvaluing the former president’s assets by billions of dollars. The lawsuit seeks $250 million that Ms. James contends the Trumps reaped through those deceptions, and asks a judge to essentially run the former president out of business in the state if he is found liable at trial.
Mr. Trump was questioned for much of the day on Thursday — arriving at Ms. James’s office in Lower Manhattan shortly before 10 a.m. and departing just after 6 p.m. — as part of the discovery phase of the case, in preparation for the trial.
While the deposition was held in private, people with knowledge of the proceeding said that Mr. Trump answered questions without asserting his right against self-incrimination. The session was neither overly combative nor polite, they said, but Mr. Trump provided some substantive answers…
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This is the second time that lawyers for Ms. James have questioned Mr. Trump under oath. But the first time he sat for a deposition, in the summer of 2022, Mr. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right hundreds of times over four hours. During that deposition, which came shortly before the attorney general filed her lawsuit, Mr. Trump lashed out at Ms. James, a Democrat, accusing her of being motivated by politics, before refusing to answer questions….
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Ms. James might use what Mr. Trump says against him at trial and could eventually share his statements with criminal prosecutors who are also investigating him.
Last week, the Manhattan district attorney’s office unsealed the 34-count indictment, which accused him of having illegally covered up a hush-money payment his former fixer, Michael D. Cohen, made to a porn star during the 2016 presidential campaign.
That same office, led by the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, has also been investigating the conduct at the heart of Ms. James’s civil case.