Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the Attorney General’s office in New York on Wednesday. Trump says he refused to answer the attorney general’s questions, according to Reuters.
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The former president waved to the assembled press as he left Trump Tower in New York for the short drive to the attorney general’s office, which is also in Manhattan.
Trump has now made a statement that he would not answer questions in the interrogation, according to the Reuters news agency.
– I refused to answer questions as every citizen is entitled to according to the US Constitution, Trump said in the statement.
Furthermore, it says that Trump himself has previously asked the question “If you are innocent, why do you fail to answer?”, but that he now writes “now I know the answer to that question”
– When your family, your company and all the people around you have become the target of an unfounded politically motivated witch hunt, supported by lawyers, prosecutors and the Fake News media, you have no choice, quote New York Times Trump from the statement.
The questioning is being referred to as a decisive turning point in a long-running investigation into Trump’s business dealings.
According to the New York Times, there is a lot at stake for Trump, who has been trying to avoid an interrogation for several months.
The interrogation is not linked to the search of Trump’s residence in Florida on the night of Monday.
Summons for contempt of court
In April, Donald Trump was summoned for contempt of court after he had not handed over requested documents to the State Attorney in New York, Letitia James.
USAs 45. president are investigated for incorrect valuationsr, and must pay 10,000 dollars for each day he does not deliver the documents requested by the court. The deadline was March 31.
Letitia James is investigating whether Trump has stated the wrong value of the real estate in order to get a better financial starting point for loans and insurances, as well as tax benefits.
NBC News writes that James’ office is considering whether to file a civil lawsuit against Trump and the company Trump Organization, and is said to have “uncovered significant evidence showing numerous misrepresentations in Trump’s accounts provided to banks, insurance companies and the IRS.”
Trump’s lawyers claims that he has submitted what he has been charged.
Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump says the search is due to the US National Archives wanting more documents handed over.
– Witch hunt
Trump has previously posted about the summons in harsh terms on his own social media platform Truth Social, and the following about his meeting with the attorney general:
– What a continuation of the biggest witch hunt in American history! My wonderful company and I are being attacked from all sides. Banana Republic!
Banana Republic is a derogatory term used for several small, politically unstable states in Latin America.
Several matters
There are a number of different criminal cases currently underway against the former president of the United States.
The FBI has long been investigating Trump’s role in the storming of Congress in January 2021, when Joe Biden’s election victory was to be approved.
In the state of Georgia, Donald Trump’s attempt to have the election results changed there is being investigated.
In Washington DC, the government attorney has sued Trump for overpaying his own family company by over a million dollars in connection with his employment in January 2017.
They are also investigating the ex-president in Westchester County in New York. There, Trump’s organization is being investigated for having deceived local authorities when they stated the value of a golf course, with the aim of reducing taxes.
The case is updated!
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