
On Thursday, February 17, New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that former President Donald Trump and two of his children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., must sit for depositions in State Attorney General Letitia James' civil investigation of the Trump Organization's financial activities. New York Times reporter David Fahrenthold and former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade weighed in on Engoron's ruling during an appearance on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House" that day.
Fahrenthold stressed to host Nicolle Wallace, a Never Trump conservative who served as White House communications director under President George W. Bush, that Donald Trump's efforts to stonewall James' investigation aren't working.