Posted on 05/26/2022 9:04:10 AM PDT by lowbridge
Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
A four-judge panel in the appellate division of the state’s trial court upheld Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 17 ruling enforcing subpoenas for Trump and his two eldest children to give deposition testimony in Attorney General Letitia James’ probe.
Trump had appealed, seeking to overturn the ruling. His lawyers argued that ordering the Trumps to testify violated their constitutional rights because their answers could be used in a parallel criminal investigation.
“The existence of a criminal investigation does not preclude civil discovery of related facts, at which a party may exercise the privilege against self-incrimination,” the four-judge panel wrote, citing the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Message seeking comment were left with lawyers for the Trumps and with James’ office. The Trumps could still appeal the ruling to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals.
James, a Democrat, has said her investigation has uncovered evidence Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, used “fraudulent or misleading” valuations of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers to get loans and tax benefits.
Thursday’s ruling could mean a tough decision for Trump about whether to answer questions, or stay silent, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Anything Trump says in a civil deposition could be used against him in the criminal probe being overseen by the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
At a hearing prior to Engoron’s Feb. 17 ruling, Trump’s lawyers argued that having him sit for a civil deposition is an improper attempt to get around a state law barring prosecutors from calling someone to testify before a criminal grand jury without giving them immunity.
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Hey, “Tish” What happened to the Clinton Foundation and Chirlane McCray investigations, you partisan, despicable hack?
Yeah, and you know trump as well as i do. As soon as this sort of talk comes up he will STOMP on whomever says it with both feet and make that person look like a complete moron. If that dude could do anything he could fight back in wars of words.
Bear in mind that in a civil proceeding taking the 5th can be construed as an admission of guilt.
“SEE!!! A GUILTY MAN WOULD NOT PLEAD THE 5TH!!”
And Hillary was a woman, so it was fine there of course.
The powers that be will not let Trump run again.
Lets take Trump’s name out of this.
You have an active criminal investigation against person A. The prosecutor knows that they dont have a solid case so they encourage their buddies on the civil side to also start an investigation. The goal being to ask questions in the civil trail that would not be asked in the criminal trial.
Very obvious attempt to get around legal procedures.
What if he stomps and no one hears it?
Sure truth/getr/gab and a few cable networks will report it but the MSM will burry it or call trump a lier.
Then they’ll use that against him when he runs for president again.🙄
“all he has to do is plead the 5th and they got nothing but a waste of time.”
Save time and money. No lawyer needed to plead the 5th.
EXAMPLE: News @ Eleven TRUMP, the criminal pleads the 5th.
Pick your Socialist organ, CNN, ABC, NBC, etc., bleeping this out 24-7-365.
These are the people who think, if you plead the 5th, your guilty.
Trump should Appeal in my opinion. Just maybe their is a judge with some common sense. Let them finish the Criminal Investigation, then onto the civil.
At this point what difference does it make?
I suspect there will be a lot of 5th Amendment protections claims during the deposition.
“When Trump ran for president, I don’t think even he realized how many internal enemies this country has. Corruption is everywhere. It’s very discouraging.”
I think that is true for most of us.
I, for one, thought there were a large number of good guys in the FBI and other areas of government. I no longer believe that. If there were, why have they not spoken up?
Before Trump was president I figured it was more evenly split, like how our nation is somewhat evenly divided on many issues. Now I see that patriots, conservatives, Christians, rational people, basically good and decent people have all been systematically purged or screened from participating in our federal government.
What kind of person gets off on screaming (although via message board, typically when you alter your font like that, the intent is to convey that you are screaming at someone) Wrong at someone like that? Grow up and get some manners.
I have two words for you, and their not Happy Motoring.
I think that is true for most of us.
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I agree. I had no idea the situation is as bad as it is. There is almost nowhere one can turn to for justice. We have crooked judges, crooked D.A.’s in some cities like Los Angeles, crooked DOJ officers. I even wonder about the Secret Service since they’ve been covering up for Hunter Biden for years.
Even if one is a Democrat, I would have expected most to honor honesty and integrity, but it seems like virtues are not important anymore. All that matters is winning. So stuffing ballot boxes is wonderful if your party wins, but bad if the other party wins.
And don’t even bring up the medical profession.
Sigh. Sometimes it feels so hopeless.
And the value of the same item is different to different people.
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