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My take away was at the end of the article.
"Donald Trump, who once said that only "the mob" pleads the Fifth, then proceeded to do so himself 400 times during a single deposition back in August."
So this would be self incrimination of a sort? >

In Civil Court, pleading the 5th allows the Judge or Jury to make the worst possible inference. It is only in criminal court where no inference is made. >

In this case we only need to review the quality of character of the main protagonist...