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Donald Trump leaves without saying anything after six hours of hearings with the New York attorney.

Former US President Donald Trump walked out Wednesday without a word after a six-hour hearing with the New York State Attorney General | Font: AFP

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former US President Donald Trump left Wednesday without a word after six hours of hearings with the state’s attorney general New Yorkas part of a civil investigation on suspicion of financial fraud in the family business.

A column of black cars with Trump left the area Lower Manhattan around 15:00 (19:00 GMT) under the watchful eyes of journalists, sympathizers and onlookers armed with mobile phones. As the caravan pulled away, the former president waved his hand through the smoked glass.

Trump, who arrived at the New York Attorney General’s office around 13:00 GMT, Letitia Jamesindicated on his social network that he had no choice but to turn to the famous Fifth Amendment to the Constitution American, which gives the right not to testify against oneself.

“I refused to answer questions in accordance with the rights and privileges granted to all citizens by the Constitution of the United States,” the former president said in a statement that appeared to have been released after the hearing began, adding that he followed the advice of his legal adviser.

Donald Trump did not testify to prosecutors

Donald Trump did not testify to prosecutors | Font: AFP

“I once asked: “If someone is innocent, why appeal to Fifth Amendment? Now I know the answer to that question.”

“When your family, your company and everyone around you is the target of an unwarranted and politically motivated witch hunt supported by fake lawyers, prosecutors and the media, you have no choice,” he said.

The 45th President of the United States has been the subject of a civil investigation in New York State since 2019 along with his two children, Donald Jr. and Ivanka.

Practice Research Trump Organization began after explosive testimony in Congress in Washington one of Donald Trump’s former personal lawyers, Michael Cohen, alleges fraudulent valuation—up or down—of assets within a business group in order to obtain loans, tax breaks, or better insurance compensation.

James said in January that he “uncovered important evidence that Donald Trump and the Trump organization falsely and fraudulently valued a number of assets, “in particular, golf courses or a three-story apartment of an American billionaire located in trump tower in New York.

These allegations were dismissed by Trump’s lawyers.

Wednesday’s hearing came two days after the unprecedented search of the mansion. Sea-lake Trump in Florida Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, federal police), which caused outrage among the Republicans.

(AFP)

Source: RPP

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