Letitia is Black.
Posted on 08/10/2022 7:37:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former President Trump said Wednesday that he refused to answer any questions from New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) in the civil investigation over his business.
Why it matters: The deposition comes as Trump has faced a new level of legal scrutiny and just days after the FBI executed a search warrant at the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence in an unrelated investigation.
What he's saying: "Under the advice of my counsel, ... I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account.
"I once asked, 'if you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Now I know the answer to that question," he also said. "When your family, your company and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded, politically motivated Witch Hunt ... you have no choice." Driving the news: Trump earlier on Wednesday said that he would face questioning Wednesday from the New York state attorney general's office in its civil investigation.
Trump said on his Truth Social account earlier on Wednesday that he would be seeing James "for a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. history! My great company, and myself, are being attacked from all sides. Banana Republic!"
State of play: James opened a civil investigation into the Trump organization's financial dealings earlier this year, alleging the company used "fraudulent and misleading asset valuations to obtain economic benefits."
Trump and two of his adult children, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, were scheduled to testify last month, but the office of New York's attorney general postponed the depositions after the death of Ivana Trump.
Trump has denied the allegations, saying that seeking the best valuations is a common practice in the real estate industry, AP reports.
The big picture: Wednesday's deposition comes as Trump is in the middle of numerous other legal battles, including the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The FBI investigation on Monday is likely related to documents Trump took from the White House that may have been classified, two sources familiar with the matter told Axios' Jonathan Swan. Go deeper... Judge lifts Trump's contempt order in New York civil investigation
Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details.
He Joe. Give it up. Trump is running in ‘24 not DeSantis.
I want him to run. Just pointing out he’s changed his tune.
A this point after what they have put Trump and us through I really don’t care what he does. Trump can do no wrong. Just run and win.
But that’s what he said guilty mob members do. Plead the 5th.
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Trump still needs to invoke the 5th. If he says anything at all, even if it’s true, his response can be portrayed as a lie to a biased jury of Trump haters, and they will convict him regardless of the truth.
-——fraudulent and misleading asset valuations to obtain economic benefits.”——
As a matter of interest, there is evidence in many, many, Forbes issues where there was an ongoing correspondence concerning the Trump net worth. The correspondence between Forbes and Trump centered around the Forbes Billionaires annual issue wherein a value was attached to a billionaires name.
Trump maintained that Forbes always undervalued his holdings.
Forbes maintained that the valuation was obtained from various documents available to the researchers who did nothing except place a value on the net worth of the various billionaires.
This ongoing battle is well described in the Forbes 100th anniversary issue published in September 2017 while Donald Trump was president.
So, if Steve Forbes is subpoenaed, he can be forced to produce a near endless correspondence on the subject of Trump asset valuation.
Letitia is Black.
Good. Trump doesn’t owe these haters anything but the minimum. Which is what all of us owe liberal haters: as little as humanly possible.
But here’s your problem. Pleading the fifth doesn’t help him with that jury if they’re hell bent on convicting him in any circumstance.
Many thankQs G_W !
Link to vid regarding the judge who signed off on the raid:
https://twitter.com/FishingOnFaith4/status/1557182294057705475
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