Did you overstate devaluation of various properties, and take the fifth? then, that can, as you referenced a moment ago for my column, that that, actually, will result in an adverse inference, that the jury will be told that they can infer. the practical here. if a jury knows that you took the fifth, and you know that they will be inferring something negative from that, realistically, they will do it. this puts trump in a tough spot. because, he is facing both criminal, and civil investigations, at the same time. this is why he made the smart choice, but has very serious consequences. in important thing to remember here is that they were always a little abstract, in some ways. but, in this case, this is a civil suit, it is not a criminal proceeding, and there is a bunch of different ways that those very, including the ....