Trump is headed back to NYC, this time for NY AG Tish James's civil suit, as he must sit for yet another deposition involving the Trump Organization's tax fraud troubles.
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to New York City Thursday to sit for a second deposition as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million civil fraud lawsuit, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Trump previously sat for an hourslong deposition in August, prior to James filing her lawsuit that accused Trump, his eldest children and his company of fraudulently inflating the value of the Trump real estate portfolio and his net worth.
The attorney general's office has the right to depose relevant parties after the filing of the lawsuit as part of the discovery process.
Trump is expected to sit for this new deposition Thursday at the attorney general's downtown office. The former president has been seeking to delay the start of the trial in the civil case, but the judge has said the October start is firm "come hell or high water."
Trump did not answer many questions in the first deposition other than affirming he understood the ground rules and the procedures.
When Kevin Wallace, the attorney general's senior counsel, asked what Trump did to prepare for the deposition, he answered: "very little."
When asked questions about his finances, Trump repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and continued to do so for the next several hours.
Expect more of the same, at least as far as Trump's answers are concerned. The legal assault on Trump's fraud and criminal activity will continue, no matter what the GOP says.
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