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On February 17, 2022, a New York judge ordered Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump to sit for testimony in Attorney General Letitia James’s civil investigation into the Trump Organization. The ruling marked a setback for the family’s effort to block the depositions, though it remained subject to further court action.
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On February 17, 2022, a New York judge ordered Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump to sit for testimony in Attorney General Letitia James’s civil investigation into the Trump Organization. The ruling marked a setback for the family’s effort to block the depositions, though it remained subject to further court action.
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On February 17, 2022, a New York judge ordered Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump to sit for testimony in Attorney General Letitia James’s civil investigation into the Trump Organization. The ruling marked a setback for the family’s effort to block the depositions, though it remained subject to further court action.
As of Feb. 15, 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James was still pressing to compel Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump to testify in a civil investigation into the Trump Organization’s financial dealings. Her office said the evidence showed fraudulent or misleading financial statements may have been used to obtain economic benefits, while Trump was trying to block the subpoenas in court.
On January 18, 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James moved to compel sworn testimony and documents in a civil probe of the Trump Organization’s finances, saying investigators had found evidence of misleading asset valuations used to obtain economic benefits. On February 28, 2022, a state appellate court unanimously affirmed the order requiring compliance.
By Feb. 7, 2022, the New York attorney general’s Trump Organization fraud probe was no longer just an open-ended investigation. It was already in subpoena enforcement, with the office pressing to compel testimony and Trump’s side fighting to shut the case down.
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