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ally s phone. and a judge s ruling that trump s tax returns can go to house lawmakers. each headline a major development on its own in the legal sphere. here is the big picture when it comes to the legal pressures trump is facing. two department of justice probes. one involving classified documents. the other january 6th. there is also the house select committee investigation into his role in the insurrection. then in georgia trump s infamous fine the votes phone call, the crux of an election interference case. then there is his taxes, his finances. there are three separate investigations here and, today, there was a deposition involving the civil probe in new york. that is where we want to begin with cnn s kara. would the former president answer questions or would he assert the fifth? he chose the latter. reporter: yeah. that is right. that was the big question this morning. donald trump arrived here about four hours ago. he is in the building just over my shoulder a ....
Says he asserted his fifth amendment privilege over 500 times. you would not normally do it in a crill nal proceeding, but in a civil proceeding in the state of new york which this is, you can show it to a jury and say, they asserted their fifth amendment privilege to this question. they asserted their fifth amendment privilege to that question. it can be cumulative to the whole thing. you will have donald trump in a room answering questions for hours a time. the answer is yes, can he hold his tongue. dave aaronberg i think we have assessed his client discipline as pretty low. i want to get your assessment of what is next. if he and his children take the fifth amendment over and over, 500 times or whatever it might be, where does this go from here? walk us through the next steps ....
Chair kevin brady s proposal. lindsey graham over the weekend said they couldn t get ten senators to support this. gary cohen, key economic advisor of the white house, not sold on it yet. in talking to house republicans who are supportive of this, they make clear tax reform will die 1,000 deaths before they get it through. find another way to fund $1 trillion to get the rate cuts that you want. one doesn t exist, at least as they have it so far. have you ho toast the traditional dinner, and this is going to be a key moment because he will be in a room answering questions from governors who it will be a closed press event. it s not going to be will it be a contentious meeting? this is going to be the president talking to, you know, ....