If Donald Trump pleads the Fifth during today's deposition, it could be used against him at trial. If he talks, he could blurt out something he wasn’t supposed to, as he has been known to do. Read the latest from besslevin:
about the case on Truth Social, calling it “ridiculous” and “another unjust & ridiculous persecution of The 45th President of the United States” and claiming “NEW YORK STATE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THIS INJUSTICE!” He also viciously attacked James, calling her a “racist” and a “LOWLIFE.
Unlike his first round of questioning with James’s office, in which Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights over 400 times, the ex-president is expected to provide actual answers today. And while invoking the Fifth could hurt him at trial, asWhile jurors in criminal trials cannot hold a defendant’s silence against him, in civil trials, they are permitted to take into account a refusal to answer questions—and infer that it means that the defendant had something to hide. If Mr.
But answering questions on Thursday could expose Mr. Trump to additional legal peril. Once he provides answers on a topic, he would essentially forfeit his right to refuse other questions on that same topic. And it can be easier to refuse to answer substantive questions altogether, than to respond to some while dodging others. The greatest risk to Mr. Trump would come if he went off script.
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