The Daily Fuckup

Donald Trump was not under oath on April 13, 2022. That day, the New York attorney general’s office was still in the middle of a civil investigation into Trump and the Trump Organization’s financial dealings, and the legal fight centered on subpoenas, document production, and court orders. The fraud lawsuit came later, on September 21, 2022. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-general-james-files-motion-hold-donald-j-trump-contempt-failure-comply?utm_source=openai))

By early April 2022, Attorney General Letitia James had already moved to hold Trump in contempt for refusing to turn over documents tied to the probe. Her office said the subpoena fight was part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial fraud and misrepresentations involving Trump and the Trump Organization. A state judge later imposed contempt sanctions, but that ruling came after the April 13 date at issue here. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-general-james-files-motion-hold-donald-j-trump-contempt-failure-comply?utm_source=openai))

The office’s core theory was that Trump and his company used inflated asset values and other misleading statements to gain economic advantages. James’s team spent 2022 pressing that case through court filings while Trump tried to block the inquiry through lawsuits and appeals. The investigation survived those challenges and eventually turned into a formal civil fraud complaint. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-general-james-challenges-donald-trumps-efforts-stop-lawful-investigation?utm_source=openai))

The important correction is chronology: April 13, 2022 was part of the subpoena-and-contempt phase, not the deposition phase. Trump’s sworn testimony came on April 13, 2023, a year later, after the investigation had already become a full civil fraud case. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/tto_complaint.pdf?utm_source=openai))