Trump Pleaded The Fifth 97 Times To Avoid Admitting To Adultery

[WaitingFor2020]

But he has no problem attacking Clinton over her husband’s infidelity.

In the summer of 1990, at the height of his bitter divorce from his first wife, Donald Trump was carrying on a very public extramarital affair with a former beauty queen, Marla Maples.

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.

Following Trump’s disappointing debate performance Monday night, he said he deserved credit for not attacking his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, over her husband’s infidelity. His advisers and campaign surrogates fanned out across the airwaves to make the same case.

Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Trump was “polite and a gentleman” because he did not follow through on his threat to seat Gennifer Flowers, a former girlfriend of Bill Clinton, in the front row at the debate.

Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump’s closest advisers, said Hillary Clinton was “too stupid to be president” if she hadn’t realized all along that Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, was telling the truth. As mayor of New York, Giuliani carried on his own very public extramarital affair, which cast a shadow over his administration.

Trump even holds Hillary Clinton, who has maintained her marriage for 41 years, partly to blame for her husband’s misdeeds. “She was an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler, and what she did to a lot of those women is disgraceful,” he said in May.

On Wednesday, Trump likened anyone who takes the Fifth to a criminal. “So there are five of them taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right?” he said at another rally in Iowa, inflating the number by two. “The mob takes the Fifth Amendment. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”

This was precisely the question that Ivana Trump’s lawyer posed to her husband during those depositions 26 years ago, according to Barrett the biographer. The lawyer, Michael Kennedy, also warned Donald Trump that by taking the Fifth so many times, he was giving the court grounds to draw a reasonable “inference” that he had committed adultery.

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Trump obviously doesn't believe that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

So Trumps marriages ended in divorce, and Hillary let it go on and on and even today.
That is awfully strange.

There are many marriages that have cheatin' going on and the partner looks the other way because there's too much to lose in a divorce. You can't be that naive. Trump has to have a "10", eye-candy 6' model on his arm because he's very insecure and relies too much on image, obviously.

Yeah, because we all know secure guys always have some ugly cow on their arm.

You must be joking with this shit.

That's not what I said. Secure men go for substance as well as attractiveness. Trump just goes for how good they look on television together.

After a while you get tired of looking for "substance" and settle for a woman with big tits.

I can see why you're still single.

 

[whitehall]

Wow, what if Hillary hadn't been an enabler for her husband's perversion and had Bibba Bill under oath being questioned about "being faithful to his wife"? Hillary's husband couldn't even testify under oath to the definition of "sodomy" and had trouble with the word "is". It should be noted that the radical left wasn't the least concerned that the head of the freaking IRS "took the 5th" regarding allegations of being used as a tool by the Obama administration to punish political enemies but they worry about a freaking civilian in a divorce case.

 

[bripat9643]

I'm really sick and tired of talking about who people have sex with.

Yes, but Trump insists since he can't talk about policy.

Hillary is the one who can't talk about policy or her record. She's the one driving this trip through the gutter.

You should probably remind yourself that Megyn Kelly of Fox Noise was the first person to publicly bring up Trump's misogynistic ways and errors during the first Republican debate. Or have you forgotten already?

How does that prove Hillary can run on her record?

Kelly is a closet Democrat.

Hillary is running on her record, that's how she got the nomination in the first place.
So now you're saying Megyn Kelly is a hypocrite who works for Fox News. Like that's news....

Really? Then why hasn't she mentioned her brilliant handling of Libya and Syria?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Wow, what if Hillary hadn't been an enabler for her husband's perversion and had Bibba Bill under oath being questioned about "being faithful to his wife"? Hillary's husband couldn't even testify under oath to the definition of "sodomy" and had trouble with the word "is".

Correct, and during the time, Bill's follower said that the public need not be concerned about his personal life as long as he can do his job. My how things change in a short period of time.

 

[bripat9643]

So Trumps marriages ended in divorce, and Hillary let it go on and on and even today.
That is awfully strange.

There are many marriages that have cheatin' going on and the partner looks the other way because there's too much to lose in a divorce. You can't be that naive. Trump has to have a "10", eye-candy 6' model on his arm because he's very insecure and relies too much on image, obviously.

Yeah, because we all know secure guys always have some ugly cow on their arm.

You must be joking with this shit.

That's not what I said. Secure men go for substance as well as attractiveness. Trump just goes for how good they look on television together.

After a while you get tired of looking for "substance" and settle for a woman with big tits.

I can see why you're still single.

I'm not, dingbat.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Yes, but Trump insists since he can't talk about policy.

Hillary is the one who can't talk about policy or her record. She's the one driving this trip through the gutter.

You should probably remind yourself that Megyn Kelly of Fox Noise was the first person to publicly bring up Trump's misogynistic ways and errors during the first Republican debate. Or have you forgotten already?

How does that prove Hillary can run on her record?

Kelly is a closet Democrat.

Hillary is running on her record, that's how she got the nomination in the first place.
So now you're saying Megyn Kelly is a hypocrite who works for Fox News. Like that's news....

Really? Then why hasn't she mentioned her brilliant handling of Libya and Syria?

Don't forget the Egypt debacle as well

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

That's not what I said. Secure men go for substance as well as attractiveness. Trump just goes for how good they look on television together.

Well we sure know Bill didn't have those standards.

 

[bripat9643]

That's not what I said. Secure men go for substance as well as attractiveness. Trump just goes for how good they look on television together.

Well we sure know Bill didn't have those standards.

If Hillary Clinton is her idea of "substance," I'll settle for big tits.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Then the Republicans should have picked a better candidate, now shouldn't they?

You mean like the Democrats did????

 

[bravoactual]

why do you think he hasn't cheated on the third?

He's 70 for crying out loud. How much more cheating can he do?

He has cheated on two of his three wives. He boasted that not catching the clap in the 1980's was his personal Viet Nam.

He brings BIll's zipper into the discussion, Trump's past zipper problem becomes an equal target.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

why do you think he hasn't cheated on the third?

He's 70 for crying out loud. How much more cheating can he do?

He has cheated on two of his three wives. He boasted that not catching the clap in the 1980's was his personal Viet Nam.

He bring's BIll's zipper, Trump's past zipper problem becomes an equal target.

I keep wondering why Chelsea is the mirror image of Webb Hubbell

 

[jillian]

why do you think he hasn't cheated on the third?

He's 70 for crying out loud. How much more cheating can he do?

you think sex ends at 70?

 

[jillian]

why do you think he hasn't cheated on the third?

He's 70 for crying out loud. How much more cheating can he do?

He has cheated on two of his three wives. He boasted that not catching the clap in the 1980's was his personal Viet Nam.

He bring's BIll's zipper, Trump's past zipper problem becomes an equal target.

I keep wondering why Chelsea is the mirror image of Webb Hubbell

except no, wacko.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

you think sex ends at 70?

No, but as you get older, you tone down quite a bit.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

He has cheated on two of his three wives. He boasted that not catching the clap in the 1980's was his personal Viet Nam.

He brings BIll's zipper into the discussion, Trump's past zipper problem becomes an equal target.

That goes both ways you know. Trump has plenty on Hil-Liar because she's been in politics a long time. The only thing she has on him is his personal and business issues which there isn't much to it and really has nothing to do with running for President.

 

[bripat9643]

why do you think he hasn't cheated on the third?

He's 70 for crying out loud. How much more cheating can he do?

He has cheated on two of his three wives. He boasted that not catching the clap in the 1980's was his personal Viet Nam.

He brings BIll's zipper into the discussion, Trump's past zipper problem becomes an equal target.

When did you douche bags start having problems with presidential candidates who cheat on their wives?

 

[Lakhota]

why do you think he hasn't cheated on the third?

He's 70 for crying out loud. How much more cheating can he do?

He has cheated on two of his three wives. He boasted that not catching the clap in the 1980's was his personal Viet Nam.

He brings BIll's zipper into the discussion, Trump's past zipper problem becomes an equal target.

When did you douche bag start having problems with presidential candidates who cheat on their wives?

When perverted Republican holy rollers started pointing fingers at others.

 

[bripat9643]

why do you think he hasn't cheated on the third?

He's 70 for crying out loud. How much more cheating can he do?

He has cheated on two of his three wives. He boasted that not catching the clap in the 1980's was his personal Viet Nam.

He brings BIll's zipper into the discussion, Trump's past zipper problem becomes an equal target.

When did you douche bag start having problems with presidential candidates who cheat on their wives?

When perverted Republican holy rollers started pointing fingers at others.

No one is attacking Slick for cheating, moron. Of course, that's how you're trying to slant things. What else can you do when everyone knows the facts of his crimes?

 

[2aguy]

bill clinton didn't just cheat....he raped women, and sexually assaulted any woman he could corner...then, hilary stepped in and used detectives and political operatives to keep them quiet.....

Nothing Trump does ever matches the smallest thing the clinton mafia has done.....anything you accuse Trump of doing clinton did worse, and then used their political offices and power to cover it up.......

 

[frigidweirdo]

I understand. However Trump's been in this game a little longer than some guy who has to work a full time job to keep his head above water. He was going to run for President in 2012, he's spent a while trying to figure things out. How much day to day running of his company has he done in the last 4 years? We don't know, probably not much seeing as his company's going as well/badly as it was before.

If he becomes President he won't need the money, so is he then a politician in your view?
Trump will never make a living from being a politician. Bush didn't either.

The definition of a professional is one who makes money off such a position. You can be pretty good at baseball, but unless you are getting paid to play baseball, you are not a baseball player, you just play baseball for fun and hobby.

Trumps involvement with politics was in regards to his businesses. He stated that repeatedly. In some areas such as NYC, it is a play to pay operation. You have to rub elbows and give money away to politicians to get things done for your business. But that does not make you a politician.

Of course. But things change, and Trump is in a position where he'll never need to earn the money for holding office. It'll be peanuts. So, the definition changes a bit. He's gone from businessman and now he's one of the most prominent politicians going. Ask people to name 5 politicians, I bet they say Trump.