Fast? Is this a joke? The investigation has been going on for over a year now. Eric Trump was initially subpoenaed in May and has been fighting it ever since. 5 full months of stonewalling is hardly fast.
The first rule of being a prosecutor is that you ask questions that you already know the answer to. And part of his interview will be why the Trump Co. has withheld requested documents. And I am still wondering about Allen Weisselberg. I believe Cohen when he says that Allen knows anything and everything when it comes to how the financials are done.
Eric is free to refuse to testify and spend the next few moths locked up until the grand jury is dissolved. You know, like mob bosses did back in the day. Pretty on brand really.
I think this is a civil matter. It’s a deposition. He can have his attorney present and they should have agreed to what topics can be discussed. I expect his attorney to silence Eric as much as possible.
I didn’t hear anything about a deposition. What I read was that the company has been asked to turn over certain records, which they have not. And that Eric’s lawyers have been arguing that he should not talk to the AG until after the election day. The AG has already said that they are investigating fraud in tax filings, bank loan applications and insurance applications. And that is criminal, not civil.
He’s being deposed as part of a civil matter brought by the NYAG Letitia James. As I understand it their is also a criminal probe as well, but the deposition for the civil matter is what Eric has been ordered to sit for.
James’ office said a professional appraisal at the time determined Seven Springs was worth $56.5 million prior to the donation and that the land being conserved in exchange for the tax deduction was worth $21.1 million, it said.
Cohen told Congress that when Trump was trying to buy the NFL’s Buffalo Bills in 2014, he provided financial statements to Deutsche Bank saying Seven Springs was worth $291 million as of 2012.