Eric Trump is being deposed by New York attorney general's office about Trump Organization

[groundloop]

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Source: ABC News

Eric Trump, the president's son, is being deposed Monday about the Trump Organization, for which he serves as an executive.

Investigators with the New York attorney general's office are deposing Trump as part of an investigation into whether President Donald Trump's namesake company improperly inflated the value of certain assets to get tax benefits, according to a source familiar with the probe.



The investigation involves at least four properties, including the Seven Springs estate in Westchester, originally built by Eugene Meyer, a former publisher of the Washington Post. The attorney general is looking at the estate's conservation easement and whether it was inflated "for the purpose of taking a larger tax deduction that would otherwise have been permitted," a lawyer in the attorney general's office said last month.

"To be clear, no entity or individual is allowed to dictate how or when our investigation will proceed or set the parameters of a lawful investigation," James said in September about Trump's attempt to delay his deposition.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/eric-trump-deposed-york-attorney-generals-office-trump/story?id=73431391&cid=clicksource_4380645_4_heads_hero_live_twopack_hed

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And as expected poor wittle Eric claimed this is nothing more than big mean Democrats picking on the tRump organization.

[Sanity Claws]

1. How many times will he invoke the 5th Amendment?

[3Hotdogs]

16. 5th doesn't work here. He is not (yet) the defendent.

Trump Organization is.

[tableturner]

17. Anybody can claim the fifth. Don't have to be a defendant.

Someone who ISN'T a defendant and doesn't want to be one can do it.

[3Hotdogs]

22. Yeah you're right on that.

At some point though, wouldn't
they have to read him Miranda?

[George II]

2. Interesting that they chose the stupid brother first!

[calimary]

9. They're BOTH stupid.

I actually thought Donny Jr was dumber.

[The Polack MSgt]

10. Don Jr. being the "smart one"

Is like being the smallest contestant on the Biggest Loser.

The fastest sloth in the jungle

The cleanest pig in a sty

[BlueMTexpat]

23. Excellent

analogies!

[NCjack]

12. The prosecutor is constructing an old fashion perjury trap. The weakest

link is selected to go first.

[jcgoldie]

19. I learned about this strategy watching NOVA

The lions separate off the weakest ones from the herd...

[Beachnutt]

3. Is it televised ? where? what time ?

thanks

[calimary]

11. Welcome to DU, Beachnutt!

Don't know, and I'd guess it's behind closed doors.

These trumps don't want to share ANYTHING. And none of 'em have transparency in their individual OR collective track records.

[murielm99]

4. Today?

This is happening today?

[George II]

5. Yes. The court order said that it had to be done by October 7, which is Wednesday....

Wonder if he'll tweet about it later today.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. Those who invoke the 5th ARE NOT INNOCENT!!!!

Invoking the 5th is a safety net for the GUILTY. They know where the bodies are buried.

Which is why Michael Cohen did not when he testified before Congress in 2019.

[Chakaconcarne]

7. I'm predicting a positive COVID test/diagnosis soon.

[lastlib]

21. Or maybe a polonium sammich?

Novichok tea?
A fall from the fourth floor?

[ffr]

8. Bye-bye

[iluvtennis]

13. trump crime family is finally in front of NY AG - yes!!!!!

[3Hotdogs]

14. NY state or Federal?

[onetexan]

20. NY state. Leticia James is NY's state AG. No presidential pardon would apply here.

[not fooled]

15. Can you imagine if it were Chelsea

being deposed about something? The story would be plastered across every corporate media outlet, probably as the lead (competing with Covid donnie) complete with puke commentators calling the entire family a bunch of criminals.

[applegrove]

24. After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING

Alert: not breaking. Previous LBN post has gone into the details of the case against the Eric Trump, Trumps in this case and his agreement to testify. Breaking news will be when we hear the details of his testimony.

Not a duplicate exactly but the analysis is the same as this previous lbn article:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/23/trump-subpoena-court-arguments-on-new-york-investigation-.html


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