one was allegations of a political vendetta by miss habba. on the other hand, there was this argument about the fact that, as you said, lawrence, that these investigations are on the parallel tracks. the argument from trump s team was that, if they release these depositions, if they invoke their fifth amendment rights against self incrimination, that can be used to draw adverse inference in a civil case, but it cannot be used that way, of course, and a criminal case. that was what the argument was. they found themselves between a rock and a hard place, but the judge skewer that argument in his ruling. he said, essentially, that they cannot use the fifth amendment as a sword and shield. so, those arguments were summarily rejected as you noted. anyone could ve predicted by sitting through that hearing.
civil investigation to prevent former president from being deposed. in the ensuing hearing was a nightmare for donald trump s children, don jr. and ivanka, who have also been subpoenaed to testify. the ex president has his new jersey-based lawyer, representing him in the civil case, alina habba. while repeatedly interrupting the judge, have a claimed that trump was a victim of viewpoint discrimination. she argued that he s being persecuted by the democratic attorney general, letitia james, because of his if he was not sitting as republican and not a former president, this would not be happening. by the way, republicans are not protected class. he is not suing for that. if he s not who he is, she would be doing this, your honor. she has such disdain for this man, for this president. now, habba, regularly appears on one of trying to shift attention to
donald trump jr., about the, trump will have to testify in a civil case. and need to appear for deposition within 21 days. some former deputy assistant general, now the host of the podcast, he joins me now. harry, first of all, there were no cameras in the hearing. from what i can tell, it was of really not a hearing. a lot going on there. what was your impression of it? rough day for the trump s. yeah, it was not. especially when habba, who was more of it newsmax newscaster than a lawyer, which is pi pen with irrelevant stuff. she was continuously silent and by the judges clerk. it was a real new york affair with a lot of back and forth in that way. there were some, you know, arguments somewhere in there. she was very confusing. as you said, she tried to say that trump is like a protected class, not just, you know, former president and reviled figure. that was basically the
he said, well, maybe tram was just a bad guy. so, that line cause alina habba to be a little startled, from my perspective. there is some back and forth. essential, the arguments broke down to two buckets. one was allegations of a political vendetta by miss habba. on the other hand, there was this argument about the fact that, as you said, lawrence, that these investigations are on the parallel tracks. you have the civil investigation, and the political investigation. the argument from trump s team was that, if they release these depositions, if they invoke their fifth amendment rights against self incrimination, that can be used to draw adverse inference in a civil case, but it cannot be used
case could taint a jury pool in any criminal case. quote, this is a unique case. this is a former president of the united states. it will be on every front page in the newspaper the world. how can i possibly pick a jury in that case? if you decide this subpoena cannot be cautious, please, i beg, you i implore you, give your decision but give us time to appeal. the judge did come to a speedy decision, releasing with his decision that donald trump, donald trump jr., about the, trump will have to testify in a civil case. and need to appear for deposition within 21 days. some former deputy assistant general, now the host of the podcast, he joins me now. harry, first of all, there were no cameras in the hearing. from what i can tell, it was of really not a hearing. a lot going on there. what was your impression of it? rough day for the trump s. yeah, it was not. especially when habba, who was more of it newsmax newscaster than a lawyer, which is pi pen with irrelevant stuff.