The scandal-ridden ex-president and his eldest children were seemingly successful in dodging the bullet that was the New York Attorney General’s deposition, following the untimely death of the former family matriarch, Donald’s first wife and mother of his oldest kids, Ivana Trump. However, it looks like their luck has run dry once again.
Despite managing to put the testimony off a little further still, the New York Times is now out with bombshell new reporting, revealing that not only are ex-President Trump and his eldest daughter Ivanka set to face the proverbial music later this month, but apparently, his eldest son already had.
According to the thundering new report from the Times:
Mr. Trump will face questions under oath about that pattern of embellishment in an investigation that may shape the future of his family real estate business. The former president and his eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, are expected to be questioned later this month by the New York State attorney general’s office, which has been conducting a civil investigation into whether he and his company fraudulently inflated the value of his assets. His son, Donald Trump Jr., was interviewed last week, according to people with knowledge of the matter.”
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As noted in the report, New York Attorney General Letitia James has long asserted that Donald Trump was engaging in “fraudulent or misleading” business practices through his family company, the Trump Organization, for countless years. James asserts in court filings that it is absolutely crucial to question Donald Trump himself, under oath, in an effort to get to the bottom of who was truly responsible for this level of corruption.
Ex-President Trump has, of course, fought tooth and nail against delivering his personal testimony in the investigation, but ultimately lost that battle, as a judge officially ordered that he and his three eldest children must face questioning from the attorney general’s investigators.
The Times goes on to note, “Even a single misstep in the deposition could be costly for Mr. Trump, who is also the focus of a separate criminal investigation into the same issues. Although that investigation by the Manhattan district attorney’s office lost momentum early this year, prosecutors are planning to review Mr. Trump’s answers and any incriminating statements or clumsy comments could breathe new life into it.”
Trump has treated the NY AG’s investigation much like he has anything else he doesn’t like, publicly denying any possible personal wrongdoing and regularly labeling the probe as a politically-motivated “witch hunt” — leaving us with serious Mueller investigation flashbacks.
This upcoming deposition of the ex-president should certainly prove interesting before it’s all said and done, as the Times notes that Donald Trump isn’t exactly cooperative when it comes to these things, with a longstanding history of being quick to fight back against investigators and a clear inability to restrain himself when he gets heated — once even reportedly going so far as to flat out tell an attorney that her questions were “very stupid.”
You can read the full bombshell report from the New York Times here.
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