Trump Pleaded The Fifth 97 Times To Avoid Admitting To Adultery

[Anonymous]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pleading-the-fifth_us_57ed79dee4b024a52d2de46d?

As part of the couple’s divorce proceedings, Ivana Trump’s lawyers asked him under oath about his dealings with other women and whether he had been faithful to his wife.

Instead of answering, Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. Over the course of five depositions that summer, he was asked approximately 100 questions related to marital infidelity. He pleaded the Fifth on 97 of them.

“Donald preaches about his devotion to the Second Amendment, but it was the Fifth Amendment that was his favorite when he was deposed in the divorce with Ivana,” wrote biographer Wayne Barrett in his 1992 book, Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth. A New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report later verified Barrett’s reporting on those depositions, which are still sealed.

For Trump, taking the Fifth seemed to work out well. He later bragged that he managed to settle the divorce without giving his first wife a penny more than required by the prenuptial agreement.

Now, with less than six weeks to go until Election Day, Trump is again focused on questions of marital infidelity and invoking Fifth Amendment rights. Only this time, the GOP presidential nominee has cast himself as the judge.

And everything looks different. Inside the moral and ethical bubble that Trump has created for himself, taking the Fifth 97 times is a savvy move, and powerful men aren’t constrained by marital vows. Outside that bubble, the Fifth Amendment is apparently used only by criminals, and adultery is a sin to be blamed on both spouses.

[Anonymous]

He's a deplorable -- just like most of his supporters.

[Anonymous]

Do as I say, not as I do. Lol!

[Anonymous]

Don't be silly, OP, this is a negative thing only when Hillary aides do it

[Anonymous]

He'll be invoking the 5th a lot more if he becomes POTUS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He'll be invoking the 5th a lot more if he becomes POTUS.

I think he's going to be relying on the 5th Amendment lots more regardless of what happens in the election. All the investigative reporting around this election has turned up lots of potential legal problems for Trump. I'd imagine he's not under criminal investigation by a few different law enforcement agencies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He'll be invoking the 5th a lot more if he becomes POTUS.

I think he's going to be relying on the 5th Amendment lots more regardless of what happens in the election. All the investigative reporting around this election has turned up lots of potential legal problems for Trump. I'd imagine he's not under criminal investigation by a few different law enforcement agencies.

Should be: "I'd imagine he's now under criminal investigation by a few different law enforcement agencies."

[Anonymous]

Is this any different from saying "I don't recall" a thousand times when people died?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pleading-the-fifth_us_57ed79dee4b024a52d2de46d?

As part of the couple’s divorce proceedings, Ivana Trump’s lawyers asked him under oath about his dealings with other women and whether he had been faithful to his wife.

Instead of answering, Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. Over the course of five depositions that summer, he was asked approximately 100 questions related to marital infidelity. He pleaded the Fifth on 97 of them.

“Donald preaches about his devotion to the Second Amendment, but it was the Fifth Amendment that was his favorite when he was deposed in the divorce with Ivana,” wrote biographer Wayne Barrett in his 1992 book, Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth. A New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report later verified Barrett’s reporting on those depositions, which are still sealed.

For Trump, taking the Fifth seemed to work out well. He later bragged that he managed to settle the divorce without giving his first wife a penny more than required by the prenuptial agreement.

Now, with less than six weeks to go until Election Day, Trump is again focused on questions of marital infidelity and invoking Fifth Amendment rights. Only this time, the GOP presidential nominee has cast himself as the judge.

And everything looks different. Inside the moral and ethical bubble that Trump has created for himself, taking the Fifth 97 times is a savvy move, and powerful men aren’t constrained by marital vows. Outside that bubble, the Fifth Amendment is apparently used only by criminals, and adultery is a sin to be blamed on both spouses.

Just like not paying taxes makes him smart.
Inside the moral and ethical bubble that Trump has created for himself, taking the Fifth 97 times is a savvy move