Trump answers questions for 7 hours in New York attorney general's fraud lawsuit

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Market Watch

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump answered questions for nearly seven hours Thursday during his second deposition in a legal battle with New York’s attorney general over his company’s business practices, reversing an earlier decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and remain silent.

The Republican met all day with lawyers for Attorney General Letitia James, who sued Trump last year. Her lawsuit claims Trump and his family misled banks and business associates by giving them false information about his net worth and the value of assets such as hotels and golf courses.

Shortly after Trump entered the Manhattan skyscraper that houses James’ offices, his attorney, Alina Habba, said he was “not only willing but also eager to testify.”

“He remains resolute in his stance that he has nothing to conceal, and he looks forward to educating the Attorney General about the immense success of his multi-billion dollar company,” Habba said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-answers-questions-for-7-hours-in-new-york-attorney-general-s-fraud-lawsuit/ar-AA19Q3ea

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Uh huh

[TreasonousBastard]

1. So successful I it went bankrupt how many times?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. At least 6

https://www.yahoo.com/video/were-watching-trumps-7th-bankruptcy-unfold-171903858.html

[ShazzieB]

18. Wow, that's even more than I realized!

I would have guessed 3 or 4.

[niyad]

2. Did he plead the Fifth five hundred times?

[peppertree]

6. Plus a plethora of I don't recalls

It is the GOP way.

[JohnSJ]

43. That is what I suspect

[Major Nikon]

49. I'm not so sure

Unlike in other proceedings, this is a civil lawsuit where pleading the 5th can be prejudicial. Doing so would be perilous for a couple of reasons. One it would work against him and two it would almost certainly mean each refusal involves an actual instance of criminality.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Did he speak in complete sentences?

Was there a single coherent thought in those seven hours?

[NullTuples]

59. That's what lawyers and journalists are for.

[NullTuples]

60. He's a true narcissist. He wasn't worried & knew his skills would pull him through.

Specifically, the ability to not actually answer any question. His rambling, his vagueness, his absolute declarations...they all serve a purpose and it's his luck that those are his baseline, default behaviors.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. It was the longest questioning ever in the history of the United States.

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The likes of which have never been seen before. Generals were coming up to me, crying — big, strong men who never cry — saying, “sir, I’m so sorry. Is there anything I can get you?” They were begging me.

[Joinfortmill]

9. ROFL

[yardwork]

19. Well done!

[c-rational]

20. Well said.

[moniss]

22. It was a perfect questioning

and some people say that it was even more perfect than when George Washington was questioned about his business dealings when he built the bridge between NY and NJ.

[Comfortably_Numb]

33. And the perfect airports that were so selflessly guarded by the patriots.

[moniss]

37. I confess I had forgotten the brave men

who in 1776 manned the anti-aircraft batteries at the Kennedy. Some say the entire Santos family took part.

[Comfortably_Numb]

39. The forgotten heroes, indeed. George Santos got a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

42. Never remember the Bowling Green massacre. . . . nt

[louis-t]

56. Ah, but not the perfect questioning.

It was the answers that were perfect.

[sheshe2]

26. Bwahahaha

u

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. Aside from Hillary sitting for 11 hours for bogus Benghazi interrogation. . . nt

[LiberalFighter]

46. That needs to be repeated for everything he does.

[rurallib]

5. Maybe he will try to make some money off it by doing a Depends commercial?

[Turbineguy]

7. I doubt it.

they usually try to keep it in as good a taste as possible.

[Marthe48]

10. Like this?

Saturday Night Live, of course lol

[Joinfortmill]

8. Love to be a fly on the wall for that.

[Blue Owl]

11. I bet he was excreting like a Guiliani

[Autumn]

13. All Trump will do is educate the Attorney General about how many times he can plead the 5th.

[Renew Deal]

14. This reminds me of this Colbert-John Oliver conversaiton

Go to 7:43 in

?t=463

[Johnny2X2X]

15. 7 hours, 420 minutes

2 lies a minute minimum. Has someone ever been charged with 849 counts of perjury?

[Mike Nelson]

16. Hmm...

"...answered questions..." seems generous. It might be more accurate to say he, "lied for seven hours," or "was evasive," or, "took the fifth," or could not remember much.

[Iggo]

31. "Fielded questions" would probably have been better.

[FakeNoose]

17. Hillary Clinton testified for 11 hours straight on the Benghazi investigation (one of them)

I believe she answered every bleeping question to the best of her ability. She wasn't under indictment and she appeared at the House Select Committee of her own volition.

[getagrip_already]

21. And she didn't even commit perjury.....

Tfg probably lied about lies he just lied about. In the very first question.

Actually I'm sure most of the time was tfgs attorneys correcting what he just said. Over and over and over.

[moniss]

24. He probably told her

that he has very limited knowledge of who this Donald J Trump is she is asking about and can't recall that he ever met him but thinks he might have been a coffee boy around the office.

[Kennah]

54. Her laugh was priceless

[Cha]

23. Shut Up, Sanctioned Habba.

[Harker]

25. Same answer... same answer... same answer...

[live love laugh]

27. " ... educating the Attorney General ..."

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

28. Dumbass Donald and Alyin' Habbitt.

I hope Letitia James plucks these two turkeys clean and then slices them to pieces.

[Ahna KneeMoose]

32. Absolutely Worthy :: 'Alyin' Habbitt' :: Just Gotta-Love-It (n/t)

[Demobrat]

29. So in other words

he thought he could baffle her with bullshit.
Wonder how that worked out for him.

[Farmer-Rick]

50. Exactly

He is a sociopath. He thinks he can lie his way out of anything. He thinks he's smarter than everyone and can con them.

[ZonkerHarris]

34. 7 hours of "I don't recall" and "I won the election" over and over again

I pity the lawyers but also envy them
Would love to grill that guy

[moniss]

38. Or as some would

say "Melanie".

[Skittles]

36. pleading the 5th is not answering questions

[former9thward]

40. He didn't plead the fifth.

He reversed an earlier decision to do that.

[Vinca]

44. Can you imagine listening to Trump blabber on for 7 hours? OMG.

[electric_blue68]

45. While he evaded everything (surprise!), I love that he was stuck there for 7+ hours...

Has he ever been stuck somewhere being grilled for that long.



The sheer annoyance he must feel.

Hopefully he'll be feeling alot More Fear very soon!

[FakeNoose]

47. He must have needed at least ONE diaper change

[electric_blue68]

48. Eeeeeeeeeeeww, geeeebz! That needs a warning label

[twodogsbarking]

51. It must have been extremely difficult for the other people in the room.

[Qutzupalotl]

52. i wonder whether he uttered a falsehood

sometime in those seven hours.

[Bayard]

53. Just really sucks to be you these days,

Doesn't it, Donnie?

[Harker]

55. I hope there was at least one "yer goddam right I did!" moment. n/t

[republianmushroom]

57. Wonder how many times he invoked the 5th ?

[ffr]

58. TFG is the most successful at something, bankruptcy for sure.

And RICO violations would be another. Conspiracy against the United States, is at the top of my mind too.

I'm sorry, Mr. Habba. I lost track of what you were spitting out.

[LiberalFighter]

61. How many questions were asked? How many did he give a reasonable answer?

[Evolve Dammit]

62. He enjoys it.The attention he receives is gratifying and the ability to lie and conceal are refined.