Trump does not answer questions about the tax fraud investigation

by time news

Time.news – Donald Trump refused to answer questions from the New York Attorney General’s officefrom which he was expected today to testify, under oath, in the investigation into the alleged tax fraud of the Trump Organization, the company that manages all the activities of the tycoon’s family.

“I refused to answer questions based on the rights and privileges granted to every citizen by the United States Constitution.”Trump said in a statement.

“When your family, your business and all the people close to you become the target of an unfounded and politically motivated witch hunt, backed by lawyers, prosecutors and Media Fake News, you have no choice,” the ex added. president.

The former president explained of appealed to the Fifth Amendment on the advice of his lawyers.

The tycoon, who argued in 2016 that an innocent person should never have appealed to the principle that entitles a person not to answer questions if they risk incriminating him, explained in a statement issued today: “I was once asked : If you are innocent, why do you rely on the Fifth Amendment? Now I know the answer. “

Trump had been called to testify, under oath, to answer for accusations of having inflated the value of its assets in order to have bank loans worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In addition, the Trump Organization would have rigged the budgets to avoid paying taxes.

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