Letitia James

Former president Donald Trump fares poorly in depositions because he can be fact-checked in real time, according to Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold.

This week, a New York judge ruled that Trump and two of his adult children, Don Jr. and Ivanka, must sit for depositions as part of state Attorney General Letitia James' civil investigation into his company's business practices.

Former president Donald Trump has said that invoking the Fifth Amendment is something for "the mob" that makes people look "guilty as hell."

But former federal prosecutor Harry Litman told MSNBC on Saturday that he believes Trump will do just that when he is deposed by New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of her civil investigation into his company's business practices.

Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, investigative journalist David Cay Johnston painted a grim future for former president Donald Trump should he face a civil suit brought against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James for financial fraud and then she closes his business down.

Sitting down with host Alex Witt, the journalist who specializes in financial reporting, said the New York City real estate developer could see a lifetime of work acquiring properties stripped away from him, leaving him only his presidential and his TV union pension to live on should he be forced into bankruptcy.

In a deep dive into the career of Donald Trump's new lead attorney Alina Habba who is representing him in his battle with New York Attorney General Letitia James and the Manhattan DA's office, a legal expert and one of Trump's former attorneys suggested she may come to regret taking the former president on as a client.

Put succinctly, by former Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen: "I predict a very bad ending."

Will former President Donald Trump plead the Fifth? It's a question that looms over the former president as he faces multiple investigations for his personal and professional activities. A new analysis is explaining why that move might be potentially damaging for potential criminal defense, according to WFLA.

Now that Trump and his two oldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., have been subpoenaed to testify, his lawyers will likely file an appeal to Judge Arthur Engoron in hopes of blocking New York Attorney General Letitia James' investigative probe. However, if Trump's appeal fails he would be faced with two options: answering critical, and possibly incriminating, questions under oath or invoking his Firth Amendment right and remaining silent.

Real estate heir Donald Trump's consequences-free lifestyle could be coming to an end as the former president continues to have his arguments rejected in court, according to a new analysis.

CNN's Stephen Collinson noted on Friday a judge ruling Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr. must testify before New York Attorney General Letitia James "was far from Trump’s only recent rough day in court."

According to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, former president Donald Trump will likely not get a court to side with him in his efforts to avoid testifying in a Manhattan courtroom based upon his reading of the 8-page ruling issued by New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron.

On Thursday, New York Supreme Court judge ruled that Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and daughter Ivanka Trump must each comply with legal orders issued to them in December from NY AG Letitia James with the Engoron writing there was "copious evidence of possible financial fraud" involving the Trump family and their company.

On Feb. 14, 2022, former President Donald Trump’s long-time accounting firm, Mazars USA, announced that it was dropping the Trump Organization as a client. Journalist David Cay Johnson, author of the 2021 book “The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family,” discussed that bombshell development the following day during an appearance on CNN’s “New Day” — and he argued that New York prosecutors are building a strong “racketeering” case against Trump and his family members.

When “New Day” host John Berman asked Johnston to discuss the “significance” of Mazars dropping the Trump Organization, the 73-year-old journalist/author responded, “Well, it’s very important in Donald’s case because he’s facing questions about running a racketeering enterprise and running a fraudulent company…. His accountants have turned against him and disavowed these compilations they put together where they said, ‘Well, here’s what our client Donald said these things were worth. Here’s how much money he said he had in the bank.’”

Some experts have predicted that Donald Trump will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination if or when he is deposed as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud investigation.

But MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor, said Thursday night she believes Trump will be "unable to resist running his mouth."

On Thursday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Shan Wu weighed in on the court ruling that former President Donald Trump and his family can be deposed in New York State's civil investigation of his family businesses.

"The judge said he reviewed thousands of documents for this investigation, [Attorney General Letitia James] did uncover copious evidence of financial fraud, that's a significant thing to say, isn't it?" asked anchor Erin Burnett.

Former President Donald Trump issued a rage-filled statement on Thursday after a judge ruled that he and two of his children had to testify in New York Attorney General Leticia James's civil lawsuit against the Trump Organization.

After starting off by attacking Hillary Clinton and baselessly accusing her of "breaking into my apartment," the twice-impeached former president took aim at James and her investigation.

Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. won't be able to escape the ongoing investigations into their father's business, according to MSNBC analyst Donny Deutsch.

Deutsch appeared on the network Thursday afternoon to discuss a New York judge's ruling that former president Donald Trump — along with Ivanka and Don Jr. — must sit for depositions as part of Attorney General Letitia James' civil probe of the Trump Organization.