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Politics
Igor Derysh

Trump lawyers push Hillary conspiracy

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Letitia James Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

Donald Trump's lawyers turned a Thursday Manhattan Supreme Court hearing into a spectacle, before a judge issued a ruling against the former president.

Lawyers for Trump sought to block New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is investigating the Trump Organization's business dealings, from interviewing Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump under oath. Judge Arthur Engoron rejected the motion and ruled that James can enforce her subpoena, but not before Trump's lawyers demanded that James investigate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton based on a debunked conspiracy theory instead.

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