Trumps Move To Quash Subpoena For Their Testimony In Civil Case

The Trumps moved late Monday (Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in Manila) to quash subpoenas from the New York attorney general's office to two of former President Donald Trump's children seeking their testimony as part of its civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization manipulated the values of its properties, Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe reported for CNN.

Photo Insert: The former President and his children, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump were subpoenaed on December 1.

Lawyers for the former President, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, who were subpoenaed on December 1, asked a judge to quash subpoenas for their testimony, arguing New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking to "circumvent the entire grand jury process."

Allowing the testimony, they argued, would set a "dangerous precedent." The Trump lawyers argued in the court filing that James is trying to leverage the civil investigation her office has been conducting since 2019 to aid a criminal investigation led by the Manhattan district attorney's office, known as DANY, that she joined earlier this year.

A spokesperson for the New York Attorney General's Office said "as her investigation into financial dealing of the Trump Organization continues, Attorney General James is seeking interviews under oath of Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump.

Despite numerous attempts to delay our investigation by the Trump Organization, we are confident that our questions will be answered and the truth will be uncovered because no one is above the law,” Graham Kates reported for CBS News on Jan. 5, 2022.

Trump sued James on December 21, accusing her office of having political motivations for investigating the former president. In a phone call with CBS News that day, he called himself an "aggrieved and innocent party" and called James' probe "a hoax."

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