TFG’s Week Just Got Worse: Sits for a Deposition in NY; Pleads the 5th in Civil Probe of His Business Practices

James’ office is considering a civil suit against Trump and his company and has said it has “uncovered substantial evidence establishing numerous misrepresentations in Mr. Trump’s financial statements."

08/10/2022 Ms. G TFG 0

When TFG campaigned for president in 2016, he asked if one was innocent, why would he or she ‘take the 5th?’ He even claimed invoking the 5th Amendment was ‘disgraceful’ and something ‘the mob’ does. Fast forward to 2022 and guess who invoked his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination during his deposition at the New York attorney general’s office? Donald J. Trump, #TheWorstPresidentEver.

Trump, who once indicated innocent people don't plead the Fifth, defends doing so while sitting with lawyers from New York Attorney General Letitia James' office. "I once asked, 'If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question." pic.twitter.com/xdUck1GiED
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 10, 2022

Donald Trump is pleading the Fifth Amendment during his deposition with the NY AG today.

Let’s see what Donald Trump has to say about that. pic.twitter.com/hiKKUTmo2K
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) August 10, 2022

(Letitia) James’ office is considering whether to file a civil suit against Trump and his company and has said in court filings that it has “uncovered substantial evidence establishing numerous misrepresentations” in Trump’s financial statements to banks, insurers and the IRS.

The financial statements were inflated by hundreds of millions of dollars and signed off on by the former president, James has alleged.