NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump defended his real estate business during a seven-hour deposition with New York Attorney General Letitia James, defying expectations that he would plead his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination as he did the first time he was questioned.
“He answered every question and as we have said from day one there is absolutely no case,” his lawyer Alina Habba said Thursday in a text message hours after the deposition in Lower Manhattan wrapped up.
James sued Trump, three of his children and his company in September for $250 million, alleging they inflated the value of his assets for years to dupe banks and insurers into giving them better terms. The politically charged case is set to go to trial in October in Manhattan.
