Former US President Donald Trump stated that he refused to testify against himself under the 5th Amendment to the US Constitution during his interrogation under oath at the New York Attorney General’s Office as part of an investigation into the values of his properties.
Former US President Donald Trump left Trump Tower in New York and came to the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of an investigation into the values of his properties. Explaining that he refused to answer questions in his interrogation under oath, Trump stated that he refused to testify against himself in the context of the 5th Amendment to the US Constitution.
“If you’re innocent, why would you accept the Fifth Amendment,” Trump said. I asked. Now I know the answer to that question. When your family, your company, and all the people around you become the target of a baseless, politically motivated witch hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors and the fake news media, you have no choice. Accordingly, on the advice of my lawyer “And for all the above reasons, I refused to answer questions within the scope of the rights and privileges that the US Constitution grants to every citizen.”
New York Attorney General James called Trump and his children to testify within the framework of the investigation, in which he claimed that the value of assets such as skyscrapers and golf courses belonging to the Trump Organization company had been misrepresented in financial statements for more than 10 years, but Trump and his lawyers each time objected to the decision and said that they did not have the documents requested by the attorney general’s office. .
“BANANA REPUBLIC”
Trump confirmed before testifying on the social media platform Truth Social, that his properties will be questioned under oath. “I will see the racist New York Attorney General for the continuation of the largest witch hunt in US history. My big company and I are being attacked from all sides. Banana republic.”
FBI Raids Trump’s Mansion
Trump’s mansion at the Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida was searched by the FBI on August 8, and the operation was related to an investigation into whether Trump brought confidential records to his Florida residence during his term as President.
It was claimed that the US Department of Justice was investigating the existence of secret records found in 15 boxes of documents retrieved from Mar-A-Lago by the National Archives and Records Administration in early 2022.
Reacting to the operation, Trump, claiming that the teams also opened a safe in his house, said, “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents. After working with relevant government agencies and “This unannounced raid on my home after cooperating is not necessary or appropriate. They even broke into my safe. Dark times for our country. Nothing like this had happened to a US President before,” he said. (UAV)