Former President Donald Trump is expected to answer questions Thursday during his second deposition at New York Attorney General Leticia James’ office, according to a source familiar with his legal team’s plans.
Trump previously invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 400 times during his August 2022 submission, about a month earlier. James’ office has sued Trump, his three children and their companies for years of alleged fraud.
The deposition, which is part of the civil pretrial discovery process, is expected to go differently, with Trump refusing to call the fifth, the source said.
Trump posted on Truth Social Wednesday night that he was in Manhattan for the deposition.
The deposition will mark Trump’s first return to New York since April 4, when he Accused in 34 criminal cases Falsification of business records in a Manhattan criminal case related to hush money before the 2016 election.
News of the scheduled deposition was first reported by the New York Post.
In the New York Attorney General’s civil suit, Trump, his three children and the Trump Organization are accused of a massive fraud scheme. James’ suit is seeking $250 million and a raft of injunctions that would effectively shut down the company’s operations in New York. Trump and company have strongly denied wrongdoing.
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That’s the previous part The videotaped deposition was obtained by CBS News Through a Freedom of Information request in January, he repeatedly gave the “same answer” to each question after the first time he invoked the Fifth.
A spokesman for James’ office did not respond to a request for comment.
The civil case is scheduled to go to trial on October 2. Arthur Ngoron, the state court judge in that case, has rejected repeated attempts by Trump’s attorneys to push back that date.
The lawsuit is ongoing as Trump faces it Legal issues mount on several fronts.
Trump entered a Not guilty in his Manhattan criminal case, which revolves around her alleged attempt to hide compensation to her former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen, who paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump years ago. Trump has denied having sex with Daniels and has repeatedly said he did nothing wrong.
In Fulton County, Georgia, the district attorney is considering charges to investigate efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn election results in the state after his 2020 defeat.
Trump is also under scrutiny in Washington, D.C., where a special counsel is reviewing the handling of sensitive government documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home and possible obstruction of government efforts to recover them, and separately, attempts to interfere. Legal transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election.
Trump has denied wrongdoing in all investigations.
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