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A judge in New York ordered Trump to answer questions under oath in a civil investigation into his business practices.

Lawyers for Trump and his two oldest children filed papers on Monday with the appellate division of the state trial court, seeking to overturn a Manhattan judge's February ruling. They argue that ordering the Trumps to testify violates their constitutional rights because their answers could be used in a parallel criminal investigation.

Donald Trump and his children will have to sit for depositions by March 10. Lawyers for the Trumps asked the appellate court to stay from questioning them while it considers the matter.

The court didn't set a date for arguments. It typically issues decisions several months after that, but could be inclined to rule on an expedited basis given the Trumps desire to overturn the ruling.

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A message was left with James. The attorney general said in a statement on Friday that she was prepared for a long fight to get the Trumps to testify.

James said that Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump were ordered by the court to comply with the investigation. No one is above the law and my office will continue to pursue this case.

The appeal was not commented on by Trump. He called the ruling a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt in history.

He said that he was unable to get a fair hearing in New York because of the hatred of judges and the judiciary.

According to James, the Trump Organization used fraudulent or misleading valuations of assets to get loans and tax benefits.

A State Attorney General begins investigating a business entity, discovers evidence of possible financial fraud, and wants to question several of the entities' principals under oath. She has the right to do that.

If the decision is upheld, it could force Trump to choose between answering questions or not answering at all. Anything Trump says in a deposition could be used against him in the criminal investigation.

Trump's lawyers argued at a hearing that having him sit for a civil deposition was an improper attempt to get around a state law that bars prosecutors from calling someone to testify before a criminal grand jury without giving them immunity.

A lawyer for the attorney general's office told Engoron that it wasn't unusual to have civil and criminal investigations at the same time.

The Manhattan district attorney's office charged Weisselberg and the Trump Organization with tax fraud, accusing them of collecting more than 1.7 million in off-the-books compensation. The company and Weisselberg have entered not guilty pleas. The future of the criminal probe was thrown into question last week when the two prosecutors leading it quit.

Lawyers for the Trumps asked the court to consider three questions.

Whether James office is violating their rights by issuing subpoenas for their testimony while also participating in the criminal investigation.

If the same agency involved in the criminal investigation opens a civil investigation into the same matters, protections for grand jury witnesses under state law can be eviscerated.

The Trumps had argued that James had engaged inselective prosecution.

The thousands of pages of evidence he reviewed in the case shows there is enough basis for continuing the investigation.

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