Trump Pushes Back, Pleads Fifth in AG Questioning, Blasts Her in Official Statement

President Trump, rarely at a loss for words, chose silence during his deposition today at the Manhattan offices of New York’s state attorney general. Mr. Trump was subpoenaed as part of a civil suit snooping around as to whether the company that bears his name inflated assets in pursuit of tax benefits and favorable loans. In asserting his Fifth Amendment right, Mr. Trump condemned the campaign against him — and eloquently, too.

This approach is a volte-face for Mr. Trump, who in 2016 asked “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” Today, he conceded, “Now I know the answer to that question — when your family, your company, and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded, politically motivated Witch Hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors, and the Fake News Media, you have no choice.”

Good for Mr. Trump, we say. The attorney general, Letitia James, has made pursuit of Mr. Trump her equivalent of the white whale that obsessed Captain Ahab in “Moby Dick.” Even before taking office, she campaigned on promises to bring Mr. Trump to justice, vowing — before a nanosecond of an investigation — “I will be shining a bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings, and every dealing, demanding truthfulness at every turn.”

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During her campaign, General James announced that she would “never be afraid to challenge this illegitimate President” and vowed to “see what we can do legally” given that he “engages in business in New York.” Even as a parallel criminal case pursued by District Attorney Alvin Bragg was faltering, General James carried on a political campaign. Mr. Trump is no fool in saying that he would “never be treated fairly by these people.”

It’s not just General James’s political posture that is an issue. It’s also the substance of the case she is building. Valuation of assets is notoriously subjective, and the extent to which banks and insurers relied on those evaluations, and suffered as a result, has not yet come into focus. Mr. Trump will likely retort that his business interlocutors were sophisticated and possessed of independent judgment. (NY Sun)

“I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution,” Trump said in a statement issued roughly an hour after he arrived in a motorcade to the attorney general’s office in lower Manhattan for the deposition behind closed doors, Reuters reports.

Trump released a statement Wednesday morning —blasting James and her campaign to “Destroy Trump.”

“What Letitia James has tried to do the last three years is a disgrace to the legal system, an affront to New York State taxpayers, and a violation of the solemn rights and protections afforded by the United States Constitution.”

“I did nothing wrong, which is why, after five years of looking, the Federal, State and local governments, together with the Fake News Media, have found nothing,” Trump said. “We cannot permit a renegade and out-of-control prosecutor to use this investigation as a means of advancing her political career. New York deserves better, and this Country deserves better. This is a vindictive and self-serving fishing expedition, the likes of which our Country has never seen before.”

“The United States Constitution exists for this very purpose, and I will utilize it to the fullest extent to defend myself against this malicious attack by this administration, this Attorney General’s Office, and all other attacks on my family, my business, and our Country,” Trump said.

“I once asked, ‘If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?’ Now I know the answer to that question,” he continued. “When your family, your company, and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded, politically motivated Witch Hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors, and the Fake News Media, you have no choice.”

Read President Trump’s statement.

DON THE WARPATH: Trump Pleads Fifth in AG Questioning, Blasts Her in Official Statement

By Hannity.org, Aug 10, 2022

Former President Donald Trump refused to answer any questions from New York State’s Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday; he exercised his constitutional right to plead the fifth.

Trump was forced to appear due to a civil investigation into his family’s business practices.

“I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution,” Trump said in a statement issued roughly an hour after he arrived in a motorcade to the attorney general’s office in lower Manhattan for the deposition behind closed doors, Reuters reports.

Trump released a statement Wednesday morning —blasting James and her campaign to “Destroy Trump.”

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