Donald Trump refuses to answer questions in fraud case

“I once asked, ‘If you are innocent, why are you adopting the Fifth Amendment?'” Trump said in a statement. “Now I know the answer to that question.”

“Your family, your company, and everyone around you has become the target of an unsubstantiated, politically motivated witch hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors and the fake news media,” Trump said. When you don’t have a choice.”

In the statement, Trump also made disparaging comments about violent crimes in James and New York state.

Trump tried to tie state attorney general’s probe to Monday’s probe FBI raids Florida home Mar-a-LagoIt represents an escalating federal investigation into whether he illegally removed records from the White House when he resigned as president in January 2021.

In June, Trump agreed to testify in a three-year investigation after a court decision dismissed his claim that the investigation was politically motivated and didn’t need to. was.

Reuters

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