Eric Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition Before Election

  • N.Y. judge orders Trump to testify by Oct. 7 in state probe
  • His testimony is sought in a civil probe of the family company
Eric Trump speaks during a rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2019.Photographer: Annabelle Marcovici/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump’s son Eric can’t delay until after the November election a deposition sought by New York authorities in a civil fraud investigation of the family business, a judge ruled.

Eric Trump must testify under oath by Oct. 7, despite his busy schedule during his father’s campaign, New York state court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled Wednesday in Manhattan, handing a significant procedural victory to New York Attorney General Letitia James, who’s leading the probe.