Former President Donald Trump spent nearly seven hours on April 13 answering questions during his second deposition as part of a $250 million fraud case bought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Trump was seen arriving by motorcade at the attorney general’s office in Lower Manhattan just after 9:30 a.m. and left just after 6 p.m., according to reports.
His attorney Alina Habba said he was “not only willing but also eager to testify” in the deposition for which James, a Democrat, was reportedly not present.
That marks a reversal from Trump’s previous deposition in the civil case last year when he invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and remained silent.
“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 told The Epoch Times.
James filed a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, the Trump Organization, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump’s business associates in 2022 alleging “years of financial fraud to obtain a host of economic benefits.”
Lawsuit Details
The complaint also named Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of The Trump Organization, and Jeff McConney, another executive.
The New York attorney general claims that her office has uncovered “significant evidence indicating that the Trump Organization used fraudulent and misleading asset valuations on multiple properties to obtain economic benefits, including loans, insurance coverage, and tax deductions for years.”
According to her lawsuit, over a 10-year period from 2011 through 2021, Trump and his family misled banks, business partners, and tax officials by providing them with fraudulently inflated information about his net worth and the value of his assets such as his properties, through annual statements.
