The judge, Arthur Engoron, also ordered the Trumps to turn over relevant documents within two weeks.
A state judge has ordered Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and his daughter Ivanka Trump to sit for depositions within three weeks in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ ongoing investigation of alleged financial improprieties at the Trump Organization.
In a ruling Thursday, New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron roundly rejected bids by the Trumps to dodge giving testimony on grounds of James’ alleged bias and that her office is conducting parallel criminal and civil investigations.
Engoron said all three Trumps have the option of showing up for the depositions and refusing to answer the questions based on their constitutional right not to testify against themselves.
“They have an absolute right to refuse to answer questions that they claim may incriminate them,” the judge wrote in an eight-page order. “Indeed, respondent Eric Trump invoked his right against self-incrimination in response to more than 500 questions during his one-day deposition arising out of the instant proceeding.”
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Lawyers battled in a fiery court hearing over Trump’s attempts to avoid testifying in the New York AG’s investigation into the Trump Organization’s financial practices. https://t.co/ssarZWaYgu
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