The constitution provides for protection against self-incrimination; The New York State Attorney General is investigating the business practices of the former President of the United States and his family
The former president of United StateAnd the Donald TrumpOn Wednesday, he invoked the Fifth Amendment — a constitution that provides protections against self-incrimination — and on Wednesday declined to answer questions during a hearing at the New York state attorney general’s office in a civil investigation into his family’s business practices. “I declined to answer questions about the rights and privileges afforded to all citizens under the Constitution of the United States,” Trump said in a statement, explaining why he was chosen. “I once asked, ‘If you are innocent, why would you accept the Fifth Amendment?” Now I know the answer to this question. When your family, your company, and everyone in your ark become the targets of a baseless and politically motivated witch hunt, backed by lawyers, prosecutors, and the fake news media, you have no choice.” The businessman is under investigation by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who is searching In Whether The Trump Organization Inflated Real Estate Values And Looks To Uncover Important Evidence That The Corporation Overstated Asset Values To Get Favorable Credits Understated Values To Get Tax Incentives In the joint statement, Trump criticized Trump’s actions FBIWho, on Monday, 8 years old, searched the property of the businessman. “If there was any doubt in my mind, the FBI’s storming of my home, Mar-a-Lago, on Monday, just two days before this testimony, removed any uncertainty. I have absolutely no choice because the current administration and many Prosecutors in this country have lost all moral and moral limits to decency,” Trump declared.
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On Monday, a group of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, US Federal Police) carried out a search operation at the mansion of former US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida – an unprecedented and surprising thing in the United States. They spent hours researching accommodation. They even opened a safe. Politico portal, citing a source familiar with the facts, indicated that the agents took “paper records”. Trump was in New Jersey at the time. The Department of Justice and the FBI have not commented on the investigation, but Eric Trump told Fox News that the operation was linked to allegations about a large amount of documents the president took with him when he left the White House in January 2021. Earlier this year, the former president was asked He delivered 15 boxes of these documents to the National Archives, the institution that controls presidential records. The archives later informed the Department of Justice that the boxes contained some highly classified documents. The Presidential Records Act states that all documents relating to official matters must be submitted to the National Archives. Violation of this rule has few consequences. On the other hand, US law strictly prohibits people from keeping confidential documents, which can lead to harsh prison sentences. Despite the FBI’s operation on Trump’s residence, this does not indicate that he is under investigation for a crime. However, the required documents may be required to conduct other investigations related to members of his government, including the investigation into the January 6, 2021 attack on Congress by hundreds of supporters.
*With information from Reuters and Agence France-Presse
