Trump Back To NY Court For Deposition On Business Fraud Suit

Former President Donald Trump is expected to be back in New York City to face another legal battle – this time in a civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, sources told Kara Scannell and Kristen Holmes of CNN.

Photo Insert: The suit alleges that the former president, his children, and the Trump Organization, alleging they were involved in an expansive scheme lasting over a decade by providing false financial statements to lenders and others that the former president used to enrich himself.

Trump is scheduled to sit for another deposition for the suit brought against him, his children, and the Trump Organization, alleging they were involved in an expansive scheme lasting over a decade by providing false financial statements to lenders and others that the former president used to enrich himself.

Trump sat for a deposition for the case in August 2022, when he refused to answer questions, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to more than 400 questions.

The following month, the attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit seeking $250 million and bans on the Trumps’ ability to operate a business in the state. The case is set for trial in October.

The deposition has been scheduled for this week as part of the discovery process. In a civil case, if a defendant asserts the Fifth Amendment, the jury can make what’s known as an “adverse inference” and place weight against Trump for refusing to answer questions.

Last August, some of Trump’s attorneys advised him to assert the Fifth Amendment because of the potential risk he could put himself in due to the Manhattan district attorney’s office's ongoing investigation into the same issues in the attorney general’s civil case.

Ronald Fischetti – who represented Trump in the matter last fall – attended that deposition and advised Trump to not answer questions, told CNN on Monday: “I know nothing about this.”

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