During his six-hour interrogation, the former US president refused to answer questions from New York Attorney General Letitia James regarding potential fraud by the Trump Organization.
Donald Trump first read a statement in which he said he wanted to invoke his right to remain silent before tirelessly repeating the words “same answer” to questions addressed to him. The 5th Amendment to the US Constitution allows you not to testify once morest yourself.
He would have harped on his defense more than 400 times, persisting in maintaining his initial strategy until the end of the interrogation around 3 p.m., we learn from a reconstruction carried out by the New York Times. The billionaire also took advantage of his prior declaration to place himself as a “victim of a witch hunt”.
This hearing comes two days following an unprecedented search of his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, which resulted in triggered a wave of outrage among Republicans. Donald Trump, who ostensibly flirts with a new candidacy in 2024, claims his innocence in all these cases.
