Eric Trump Pleaded The Fifth More Than 500 Times In Deposition, Court Filing Says
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Via: john-russell • 2 years ago • 124 commentsBy: JosieHarvey- (HuffPost)
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Eric Trump and Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg invoked their Fifth Amendment rights more than 500 times when questioned by the New York attorney general's office for its investigation into the company's finances, according to a Tuesday court filing.
"Eric Trump then invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to more than 500 questions over six hours," the filing says of an Oct. 5, 2020, interview with former President Donald Trump's son.
Weisselberg reportedly did so during an interview on Sept. 24, 2020: "After answering a number of preliminary questions, Allen Weisselberg invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to more than 500 questions over five-and-a-half hours."
New York Attorney General Letitia James' office argues that these instances demonstrate that the men were aware of potential criminal liability in the case.
Weisselberg and the Trump Organization were indicted in another investigation, led by the Manhattan district attorney's office, on July 1, 2021, on charges that include scheme conspiracy, grand larceny, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records.
In her motion to compel Tuesday, James argued that Donald Trump and two of his children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, should be forced to testify under oath as part of her office's ongoing civil investigation into the Trump Organization's business dealings.
James' motion seeks a court order enforcing testimonial subpoenas issued to the three Trumps, as well as the production of documents that have been withheld since they were subpoenaed in 2019.
"For more than two years, the Trump Organization has used delay tactics and litigation in an attempt to thwart a legitimate investigation into its financial dealings," James said in a statement.
She said her investigation had uncovered "significant evidence" that suggests Donald Trump and the company "falsely and fraudulently valued multiple assets and misrepresented those values to financial institutions for economic benefit."
Eric Trump lashed out at James over the motion, tweeting: "Letitia you can not escape your own words. This is all window dressing for your abuse of office and ethical misconduct (which we are prosecuting you for) and northing more than a PR move to revive a political career after your gubernatorial disaster."
Donald Trump filed a lawsuit last month to try and halt the investigation, accusing James of being politically motivated to "harass" him and his family.
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280 days to the midterm election!
What do the mid term elections have to do with the whole Trump family being crooks ?
nothing. deflection is all the autocrats and insurrectionists have left now.
You should mark him off topic - as he always is.
All they got is projection, deflection, and denial.
So little Eric is guilty, perfect.
Hopefully dad gets his own turn.
No, not constitutionally, in fact the DA herself said exactly that in briefs filed in the court...
The DA's office leaked that information to the media to get people to make the statement that taking the fifth is not a constitutionally protected right, but an admission of guilt...
And it is lapped up by those who will condemn without one shred of actual evidence....
500 times in 6 hours is over once per minute. For six hours.
My comment was a quote from DJT in which he believes that anyone taking the 5th is guilty, thus my comment, ''So little Eric is guilty, perfect.''
That could cause brain damage,
or prove it.
Kav, Trump is an ass and plays the idiot very well... As such he deserves such ridicule... Which I completely understood...
The point is this comes from the DA's office and is designed to foster the belief of guilt in the public disapora when she really has no proof yet...
I didn't say you personally believed it did I?
It was released that it was 5.5 hours John, which stretches the credibility a ways now doesn't it...
500 times in 330 minutes is 1.5 times a minute continuously for five and a half hours....
{chuckle} a pretty incredible linguistic feat if you ask me...
You surely picked an odd time to start believing Trump.
gee, I wonder why it fits your needs now?
And THAT sounds plausible to you?
Gee, how much time did that leave for the questions to be asked??????????
Do you REALLY think that a question could be asked and answered in less than a minute per question?
I call BULLSHIT on it.
Seriously, do you even think the QUESTIONS could be all asked in less than a minute?
Never mind the answers.
Evidently he didnt answer many questions. He refused to answer, so yes questions could be asked and "answered" in one minute.
Oh FFS!
That’s a lot of minutiae - almost like a trap to create a crime of itself. James wouldn’t do shit like that?
You'll be left wondering, hopefully it will help you entertain yourself.
I didn't say you did, did I?
Maybe that's the only thing he knows how to say.
oh good grief. You're going to quibble over a half a point?
from the seeded article
Some people don't bother to read the articles as we both know. They just go off half coked and make asinine comments
You must never have met any lawyers then.
I have, and it would be extremely rare to find one who isn't in love with their own voice.
Asking AND getting answers to questions paced less than 50 seconds apart?
I still ain't dumb enough to fall for THAT crap.
Well, gee, I suppose it could just be a wild chance that you claim to believe him now because it appears to be politically expedient for you.
Youre wrong, but whatever. People get tired of dealing with you.
WTF does that have to do with what I wrote????
Please relate the two in some way that actually makes sense.
I don't give a shit about "people being tired of me".
That just is a clear indication that they can't handle it.
Not my problem.
Yeah squiggy - it's all a trap.
I'll say it slowly for you. You said to Kavika:
It seemed like you didn't think trmp ever said those words about the mob and taking the 5th. If I totally got that fucked up then I sincerely apologize. So flog me for the next 15 comments. I have my leathers on today
Silly to repeat what I wrote I stand by my words.
I can't help what anything "seems" like to you. You should apologize.
Don't you already have someone to take care of that for you?
I'm busy today, and unable to indulge you.
Yes NWM, the NY DA cited the fact that invoking the Fifth Amendment is a Constitutional right.
The NY DA's statement is a legal, factual statement, while Trump's is a false political statement.
Though it IS ironic that Trump was sworn to uphold the Constitution too.
Bullshit. Filings in NY State are public record. The court decides whether the records must be sealed.
FAIL.
The transcript of Eric's testimony is an exhibit attached to the filing NWM. It stretches credulity to presume, as you do, that the NY DA would make false assertions in a filing to the court, especially 'without a shred of actual evidence'.
I repeat your words back to you because it helps make my point. Does it bother you that much when you write a stupid comment and someone repeats it back to you?
My full time flogger is on vacation. I figured you should have a chance at the one job you really want and that is flogging me to a bloody mess or as one of your buddies always like to say "going full meltdown".
And I guess we'll see how busy you are when you have to keep having the last word...All. Day. Long.
I don't care what your opinions of my posts are.
What "point" do you imagine you made?
Sounds like your own little personal dilemma. Hope it works out for ya.
I will go to work in a while. I have time to be mildly entertained now, though.
Yes you do or you wouldn't spend so much time and energy writing "I don't care what your opinions of my posts are." If you didn't care you wouldn't keep writing inane comment after inane comment
Just trying to increase your entertainment here.
Sounds kind of like when people claim they have others on ignore but somehow keep responding, eh?
Why on God's green earth would you ever, EVER imagine that your opinion matters to me?
Thanks! I am rather amused thus far with the sparkling repartee!
yeah...yeah
Care to point out where I ever said I thought that you cared about my opinion? We were discussing you and your opinion.
Ok...gang...how many more comments will it take for Texan to finally get the last word?
Uh, gee, care to point out where I ever said I thought you said that?
Point it out with the last word you keep insisting I have.
at the risk of being mocked because I'm repeating your words
FOCUS, Texan! This is why I repeat your words....you seem to forget what you say.
I still say you will keep commenting until you get the last word or we both get tickets and this thread gets locked
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You do reply to me in a contemptuous manner. But I'm contemptuous to you, too, so there ya go
3 seems to be the standard out in the open. double digits in other places.
Yes. Thank you.
I'm sure the Attorney General of the SDNY will agree with you.
Perjury traps don't work if you tell the truth. FACT.
I don't think he realizes what that means.
Oh, well played.
LOL!
If you're referring to your ticket...I didn't flag you.
I thought you had to go to work. [removed]
Uh huh, sure. I believe that.
Very good thought since that is what I told you.
But it sure is nice to know you were thinking of me!
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Work is work, just wish more people realized and recognized it.
Is that job beneath the likes of you and yours?
I didn't flag you. Perrie takes a dim view of someone who flags another and then replies to the comment one flagged.
No job is beneath me. [removed]
please, take the last word you always insist others want.
I for one have never had an issue with testifying truthfully under oath, which I have done multiple times. One cannot be 'trapped' into a lie since all they have to do is tell the truth.
A quick story, one time a woman was harassed at an apartment building.
I think I was visiting a friend or something. They called several people in to the police station. They called me as someone recognized my car as being in the area. I just went in and talked to them. Someone told me that was a stupid thing to do, get a lawyer or something but I knew I didn't do anything.
They asked me a couple of questions and said, ok, you can go. Never heard back from them. Someone did tell me later that they knew I wasn't involved.
Point being, nothing to hide, nothing to worry about.
I agree when it comes to testifying in court.
Though I wouldn't let a cop into my home without a warrant, ever.
'Can we come in for a minute and talk to you?'
'I'll be right out.' is always my answer, even in a fucking blizzard.
Though I'll never forget when I reported my neighbor for beating the crap out of his girlfriend. The cop wanted to see where I was in relation to where they were when I saw him hit her. I told him to come on in, forgetting that my big honkin' black dog was right behind me. She put out a nice low growl and that cop ran down two sets of stairs to the street. He thought she was a wolf. I thought that fat man was going to have a heart attack...
I had to put her in my office before he would come into the house.
I testified against that coward and he was nailed for a year for assault.
Yes or no - Have you stopped beating your wife? You know better. It takes two complex questions, five minutes apart to wrap somebody up.
That's simplistic.
Those being deposed have legal representation and it's the lawyer's job to object to questions predicated on an assumption not in evidence or irrelevant to the investigation.
The vast majority of Judges wouldn't allow a loaded question like that in court either.
BTW, my answer to the question would be: 'I never started'.
... is not ALL.
"my answer to the question would be"
... yes or no.
Nothing ever is.
A yes or no answer cannot be compelled for a false scenario squiggy. In fact, a witness can refuse to answer a question if it is a false scenario.
So, your posit is a false scenario.
The whole story is a false notion. As you implied, an attorney laid out the wisest path and Trump acted on that advice yet, by the headline, Trump just has to be guilty of something. The title could just as well be, 'James Wastes Another Court-day'.
Exactly who has been prevented from testifying?
And by whom?
Is that what you do for convenience - the guy looks guilty so the burden of proof shifts to the accused? Pretty sad.
Um, squiggy, the headline of the seed doesn't say a fucking thing about Trump being guilty of ANYTHING.
Now that WOULD be a misleading headline since the seed is about a court FILING, not a hearing in court.
Check out the meme - all the Trumps are guilty.
... and a court-day, from that context, would be a function of the number of players multiplied by the hours wasted.
You cited the headline, then the title, now you want to deflect to a meme.
Pfft.
Wow, that's some weak shit right there.
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If it is a crime then Hillary should be in prison- as well as several other Democrat tools.
Simply substitute "Could not recall" or "Did not remember" for pleading the Fifth. She lied, but gets a pass for having the almighty D behind her name.
Lois Lerner Obama tool against the formation of Republican Pacs during his second run at the presidency. She couldn't even declare the Fifth properly. Democrats of course gave her a full pass; and she stayed on the government payroll w/o holding a job. Great payoff for violating the law if you can get it. Considering the US government had to settle with all of the conservative groups affected- the Democrat narrative that no laws were broken was complete BS.
Guess it is only wrong when those on the right declare the Fifth.
Your post is hilarious.
Not as hilarious as the Democrats hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy that you fabricated out of whole cloth in reply to an utterly refuted comment.
Well, rather than just accept the seeded article, I actually downloaded and read the brief to the court.. (rather get from the actual source than those reporting on it) In the Brief she reports to the court 5.5 hours... Was she lying to the court?
That's the difference between reporters and their articles and the actual proof...
Well if you had actually read the proof the article in based upon then it would be a little different wouldn't it?
Doesn't matter anyway, you and your friends are holding the noose for Trump cause you have already determined him guilty anyway and will consider him that way no matter what evidence is proven or not....
Rather than just accept YOUR assertion, I actually read the brief to the court.
Supplemental Verified Petition 2022-01-18 (ny.gov)
You should read more carefully NWM.
While in some cases that may be true, this isn't one of them.
Dishonesty in the Trump organization? Surely this cannot be so for the ' greatest PotUS '.
MAGA, ''Make America Grifters Again''....
maga = my ass gets arrested
maga = my attorney goes AWOL
MAGA = More Assholes Getting Arrested
maga = manipulating and gaslighting america
Once the lot of them end up in prison, it will be...
MAGA - My Ass Gonna Ache
He should be pleading the filth.
Don’t people know that the 5th is only intended for protecting the Trump mafia?
trump has probably convinced jr and iskanka that eric has already rolled over on them. he needs a fall guy, and who better than his mentally defective spawn from his first wife. I'm sure he wouldn't mind having lara move into mar-a-lardo and sauteing his mushroom dick while melania is tag-teaming the secret service detail.
On Stephen Colbert the other night - they were talking about how trumpturd over-values all of his assets - like the triplex trumpturd tower - he over-valued it roughly three times. Like when he told Stormy Daniels that his dick was 3 inches.
3 inches? Isn't 8 inches standard?
I've heard 6 inches is standard.
Hmmmmm......
I will not make fun of TG in HC, I will not make fun of TG in HC, I will not make fun of TG in HC...
Yes you will you can't help yourself LOL!
Although I've known lots of dicks in my lifetime - some of them stand about 5' 2" and some all the way up to 6 feet and above.
Why do you seem so fixated on the sex lives of the Trump family?
You know what they say. Those who constantly talk about sex aren't getting any.
GOPer incest fascinates me.
... especially in the goober states, like NC.
Oh, so you are living vicariously through others.
Got it.
Brilliant comeback......./S
I spent my summers on my grandfather's ranch. I'm used to seeing brainless beasts, that are related by blood, mate. if farm/ranch livestock could vote, republicans would never lose elections.
So a lifelong preoccupation with the sex lives of others.
maybe so, as long as "others" is defined as a mammal within the IQ range of most trumpsters.... you know what happens to animals that interbreed too much, right? think dog breeds... , better yet, think fringe evangelical cults.
who explained it to you? /s
They become Democrats!
And as long as the animals are at least further removed from each other than first cousins, it will improve the overall IQ of the Democratic Party members.
too much interbreeding leads to inferior meat..that's about 3 inches long
you forgot to quote the rest...
... because it shatters your pee wee response.
I quoted the relevant part.
I know what you think of religious people, it isn't a secret.
there's no evidence to compel me to believe or proves that evangelical hypocrites are religious.
And there is no evidence your opinion is valid
"You know what they say. Those who constantly talk about sex aren't getting any."
"... especially in the goober states, like NC."
Have I told you lately that I love you?
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"You know what they say. Those who constantly talk about sex aren't getting any."
We don't have to pay for ours, like trumpturd
you know he only does business with professionals, look at who he married.
I would love to see the questions he was asked.
You, me and a whole lot of others!
Good for him. He probably wasn't even listening to the questions. just saying I plead the 5th every time they stopped for a breath........once every 15 minutes or so.
Maybe if his response was "I don't recall" liberals wouldn't be freaking out over this.
Taking the 5th will come back to bite them all in the ass. In a civil matter, the jury can use it to convict unlike in a federal case. Eric, the failed medical experiment, has given Letitia James a shit load of ammo against him. The other Trumps will claim the fifth which will put the nails in their coffin.