by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
New York Attorney General Leticia James has been conducting a civil investigation into the practices and dealings of Donald Trump's business enterprises for nearly a year. Trump had been able to avoid testifying directly in the matter until this past Wednesday when he finally was cornered into sitting for a deposition with James and her team of attorneys. Well, he sat, but the only information that Trump shared with the lawyers was his name.
Trump chose to plead the Fifth Amendment rather than help to shine any light on his business practices, practices which the state's attorneys say helped to mislead taxing agencies and lending institutions and served to benefit Trump and members of his family financially. Trump, who had taken potshots at Hillary Clinton after some of her staff members took the Fifth when questioned about office emails, famously said that "The mob takes the Fifth," and, "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?"
Last Wednesday Donald Trump verbally declared that he was taking the Fifth Amendment a total of four-hundred-and-forty times while responding to questions from attorneys in the case. (Yup, somebody was counting!) And while that may seem like a lot, or even legal overkill, he was outdone by his son, Eric, who pleaded the Fifth in the same case more than five hundred times!
Donald John Trump may not have much respect for the United States Constitution when it comes to trivial matters like the peaceful transfer of power from one presidential administration to another, but when that same document can be used to give cover to corrupt business practices, Trump will stand tall and salute it!
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