brought by the new york attorney general. alleging fraud in his real estate business practices a source telling abc news the former president did answer question today in his first deposition in the case he pleaded the fifth amendment some 400 times. donald trump denies any wrongdoing. a first glimmer of hope for wall street journal report evan gershkovich who is jailed in moscow top russian diplomat saint tonight that moscow might discuss a prisoner swap but only after his trial on espionage charges. that could take a year or more. the u.s. has now designated him as wrongfully detained and demanded he be freed immediately. we come back the collision on the tracks the passenger train slamming into a truck hauling cars in the toxic fire at a recycling plant now burning for discovered. . soup and salad. thank you! like your workplace benefits and retirement savings.
trump fines himself in the middle of. he is expected back here in new york this week for a deposition into the civil probe of his real estate business practices. i just wonder will this case at all play into how the criminal investigations against trump shape up i don t think so, ana you mentioned really important distinction, the case in which he may be deposed later this week in new york is a civil case being brought by the new york state attorney general and they re examining whether trump and others who work for him and the trump organization sort of misled lenders and financial institutions with respect to the value of their assets. the last time mr. trump was deposed in a similar civil setting, he invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination several hundred times. number one, i imagine he may very well do that again. number two, if he invokes his
former president trump is expected back in new york city as soon as next week he is due to give a deposition in his other new york investigation. this one pertaining to attorney general letitia james $250 million civil probe into his real estate business practices. sources say that it is possible this deposition along with the previous one that he gave last summer could be used instead of an actual in-person appearance at the trial which is set for october. meanwhile, the new reality of an indicted and arraigned donald trump is giving democrats some political pause with the party now facing a choice. cha capitalize on the front run s legal problems or stand back and watch it play out. nowhere is that more evidence than in the white house where president biden has not a single mention of his predecessor all week long. let s bring in digital white house reporter peter nicholas, and staff writer at the atlantic, mark leibovitz, an