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Government Corruption

Trump says he refused to answer questions from New York attorney general's office

2022-08-11

[FoxNews] Former President Donald Trump said he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights, per the advice of his attorneys, during his deposition as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil investigation, calling it an "unfounded politically motivated Witch Hunt" and adding that he had "no choice" due to the Biden administration and prosecutors across the nation having "lost all moral and ethical bounds of decency."

Trump was set to sit down with attorneys from the state attorney general’s office behind closed doors, just days after the FBI raided his home at Mar-a-Lago, as part of an unrelated federal investigation involving the National Archives and Records Administration and classified materials the former president allegedly took with him from the White House to Palm Beach, Florida, when he left office in January 2021.

In a statement Wednesday morning, Trump said: "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.

'I did nothing wrong': Trump says he will plead the FIFTH under oath this morning as he tears into New York AG Letitia James for her 'political attack and vendetta' while real criminals 'run rampant'

[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]

Donald Trump has criticized New York Attorney General Letitia James' 'political attack on me, my family, and my great company' as he arrived to be grilled under oath in the investigation into his business practices

In a statement exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, the former President says James campaigned on the policy of 'Get and Destroy Trump' and her probe is nothing more than a witch hunt

He also confirmed he would plead the fifth under questioning and insists: 'I did nothing wrong'

Trump called her 'a failed politician who has intentionally colluded with others to carry out this phony years-long crusade that has wasted countless taxpayer dollars, all in an effort to prop up her political career'

He also tore into her focus on him, while 'New York is suffering its worst murder, drug, and overall crime rate in many decades'

Eric Trump also slammed James' ploy to investigate the Trump family as a 'coordinated attack'

The former president is facing a deposition from the New York Attorney General as part of a probe into his family's real estate business

Related: Fox News has been liveblogging all things Trump here.

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