Four hours of more than 400x pleading the fifth. Would have lasted much longer if he had not been told to say "same answer" - to speed things up

[Voiled]

Video of Trump deposition in New York fraud probe shows former president taking the Fifth, repeating "same answer"

Exclusive: CBS News obtained video of a portion of the deposition, which includes Trump saying, "Anyone in my position not taking the Fifth Amendment would be a fool."

www.cbsnews.com

 

[P_Wop]

“You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” DJT

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Ouch. That civil suit is not going to go well for him.

 

[Bus Driver]

Ouch. That civil suit is not going to go well for him.

Those pleas of the 5th are viewed differently in civil court, no?

 

[Ishmael]

Those pleas of the 5th are viewed differently in civil court, no?

I think they are viewed as a grunting affirmation.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Those pleas of the 5th are viewed differently in civil court, no?

Correct. In a civil case, the trier of fact may infer guilt/admission from a defendant's non-response in exercise of his 5th amendment right not to incriminate himself. In a criminal case, such an inference is prohibited by the amendment.

In other words, those questions have a very specific purpose, which is to lay out the elements of the civil violation or tort, and to specify how the defendants specifically did those things. The non-responses are strong evidence against Trump.

Tish: "You did this thing, right?"
Trump: "5A"
Tish: "Jury, if he didn't do this thing, he would of course had said so. Instead, he exercised his right not to incriminate himself and failed to answer. You may infer that he did the thing."

I hope they are able to get his "Only criminals plead the fifth" tweet into evidence

 

[Mike G]

Correct. In a civil case, the trier of fact may infer guilt/admission from a defendant's non-response in exercise of his 5th amendment right not to incriminate himself. In a criminal case, such an inference is prohibited by the amendment.

In other words, those questions have a very specific purpose, which is to lay out the elements of the civil violation or tort, and to specify how the defendants specifically did those things. The non-responses are strong evidence against Trump.

Tish: "You did this thing, right?"
Trump: "5A"
Tish: "Jury, if he didn't do this thing, he would of course had said so. Instead, he exercised his right not to incriminate himself and failed to answer. You may infer that he did the thing."

I hope they are able to get his "Only criminals plead the fifth" tweet into evidence

Knowing this, do they specifically tailor the questions?
Do they have two sets of questions.....one if he answers, and another to just let him bury himself?

 

[Bus Driver]

Correct. In a civil case, the trier of fact may infer guilt/admission from a defendant's non-response in exercise of his 5th amendment right not to incriminate himself. In a criminal case, such an inference is prohibited by the amendment.

In other words, those questions have a very specific purpose, which is to lay out the elements of the civil violation or tort, and to specify how the defendants specifically did those things. The non-responses are strong evidence against Trump.

Tish: "You did this thing, right?"
Trump: "5A"
Tish: "Jury, if he didn't do this thing, he would of course had said so. Instead, he exercised his right not to incriminate himself and failed to answer. You may infer that he did the thing."

I hope they are able to get his "Only criminals plead the fifth" tweet into evidence

Thanks. I reading that, given the knowledge his books were fraudulent, it read like several questions were phrased in such a way to let him incriminate himself with the 5A plea.

 

[jocal505]

What a dirt bag.
The system has taken a while to deal with him.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Knowing this, do they specifically tailor the questions?
Do they have two sets of questions.....one if he answers, and another to just let him bury himself?

To some extent, yes.

 

[Voiled]

“You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” DJT

Compilation of Trump bashing the Fifth Amendment

 

[nolatom]

Old-time headline during Prohibition, supposedly:

“Witness takes Fifth in liquor probe”.

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

But he said it very strongly and forcefully tremendous bigly. Many people are saying it. Belief me.

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

To some extent, yes.

I like topic lists better than questions. Even with that, there’s no way to know for sure where it’s going. Things go off track? Back to the list and formulate a question.

 

[Bus Driver]

I would imagine you take things you know (the Trump Organization tax filing/books were fraudulent) and craft questions that allow an individual to incriminate him/herself by pretending to be unaware of something they are required to sign, accepting responsibility for the contents.