State Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the former US president for his company’s business practices and has been trying to talk to him for months. Under duress from a judge, Trump has finally come to testify.
Donald Trump declined to answer questions today from the New York Attorney General’s office investigating the former US president for the… business practices of his company and that he’s been trying to talk to him for months.
Forced by a judge, Trump finally came to testify this Wednesday, just two days after agents of the… FBI to search your property in Mar-a-Lagoin Florida, as part of an unrelated federal investigation into whether he classified documents when he left the White House.
In New York, the tycoon faces a civil investigation into possible crimes committed by the Trump Organization, which specifically investigates whether the company inflated the value of its assets to obtain bank loans while simultaneously decreasing that same value with the intention of paying less tax. .
In a statement today, Trump once again defended his innocence, describing these investigations as a “politically motivated witch hunt” by the attorney general, Letitia James (Democrat and Black), who he also accused last night of being “racist”.
Trump has done what is commonly known in the country as: invoke the Fifth Amendment to the Constitutionallowing an investigator to remain silent to avoid self-incrimination.
Trump: “The current administration and many prosecutors in this country have lost all moral and ethical boundaries of decency”
“If I had any doubts, the FBI’s search of my home, Mar-a-Lago, on Monday, just two days before this apparition, cleared up all uncertainty. I have absolutely no choice because the current administration and many prosecutors in this cause country have lost all moral and ethical limits of decency,” he insisted.
The investigation led by the New York Attorney General has been going on for years and, according to the latest signs, could finally be in its final stages. Three children of the former president –Eric, Donald Jr. and Ivanka– had already been interviewed by Letitia James’s office for their role in the family business.
Trump, meanwhile, fought tooth and nail in court to avoid having to testify or provide personal documents as part of this trial, but was eventually forced out by the Justice Department, which imposed fines for failing to comply with what was dictated.
Although this investigation is civil, the New York District Attorney’s Office has opened a criminal investigation for the same reasonsa process that has slowed down in recent months, but which, depending on what happens in this case, may come back to life.
The case is just one of the comprehensive list of legal fronts which the Republican politician has opened up as he continues to fuel almost daily expectations of a new White House candidacy in the 2024 election.
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