I don’t understand this Huffington Post story about Donald Trump taking the Fifth 97 times during divorce depositions.
That’s a broader application of the right against self-incrimination than I thought possible, and I also don’t see the benefit of him doing it. I guess if there was (or is) still some statute against adultery on the books in New York, he could argue that he wasn’t going to admit committing a crime. But no one was going to charge him with that anyway. And no jury was going to judge him on it.
Being obnoxious as a strategy in a divorce proceeding? Lord knows it’s common, but I don’t know that it helps you.
The article says he was pleased with the outcome, though, so who knows?
