the ag s office, was reported before, was looking into whether to file a civil suit against the trump organization as of now. we should note the former president himself has not been accused of wrong doing. the attorney general announced she is suspending her campaign for governor. she s running for re-election in her current job instead. it s good to see all of you. tom, talk a little bit more about what we ve learned about why james wants to depose trump. right, hallie. this is tied to this ongoing civil and criminal investigation, criminal investigation quarterbacked by cy vance. and the civil investigation is primarily being led i be the attorney general s office, and the attorney general herself, letitia james. when you look at the totality of
surprising. i should note you re one of the bilines on the post who scooped this story. does he have much choice here in showing up? he can challenge it on the grounds tom alluded to. basically this is an end around around new york state s criminal laws. what you really want to do is charge him with a crime. you want to interview me and use this against me in a criminal proceeding, but you can t in a criminal investigation so you re going to use this as a back door. i m sure trump will try to quash the subpoena on that ground. whether that will work, i don t know. but it probably means there will be some delay. remember eric trump, the president s son, was also subpoenaed in this investigation. he tried to avoid it, delayed it by months before he finally had to testify. we may see a repeat of that with donald trump. explain why this deposition, kim, is important. tish james would have to stick to the broad outlines or boundaries of what she s investigating them for.