New York appeals court upholds order requiring Trump family testimony and records in fraud probe
A New York appellate court on May 26, 2022, left in place an order requiring Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump to sit for sworn testimony and turn over documents in the attorney general’s civil fraud investigation. The ruling kept the subpoenas alive and rejected the Trumps’ bid to block them.
The panel did not decide whether anyone committed fraud. Its decision was narrower: the court said the attorney general could continue using the subpoenas to gather testimony and records tied to the probe.
The case centers on the attorney general’s examination of whether the Trump Organization misstated asset values in financial disclosures and used those numbers in dealings with lenders and insurers. The appellate ruling did not resolve those allegations. It only cleared the way for the investigation to keep pressing ahead.
For investigators, testimony under oath matters because it lets them compare a witness’s account with the documents already in hand. For the Trump side, the decision meant the fight over avoiding depositions did not succeed at this stage, and the subpoenas remained enforceable under the court order.
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