Former US President Donald Trump ‘s mansion in Florida was searched by the FBI in a sudden raid last Monday. Testifying to the prosecutor’s office after the raid, which was alleged to have been made due to Trump’s tax debts, Trump said that this was a plot set up by the Democrats against him. After Trump’s statements about the raid, the details of the raid on the mansion also emerged.
Former US President Donald Trump said he wanted to exercise his constitutional right not to speak at the New York Attorney General’s Office, where he went to testify as part of an investigation into the values of his properties.
“On the advice of my adviser and for all other reasons, I refused to answer questions within the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution,” Trump said in a written statement about an hour after he entered the attorney general’s office to testify. used the phrase.
“I AM THE TARGET OF THE witch hunt”
Then he said to himself, “If you are innocent, why do you apply to Article 5?” “I know the answer to that question, but when your family, your company, and all the people around you become the target of a politically motivated witch hunt backed by lawyers, prosecutors and the fake news media, you have no choice.” made its assessment.
Arguing that the current administration and many prosecutors in the country have lost all moral and ethical boundaries, Trump claimed that he had no choice but to exercise the “right not to testify against oneself” in the constitution.
He exercised his right to remain silent
Known as Article 5 (Fifth Amendment) in the US Constitution, the right refers to the right to remain silent by refusing to testify to the authorities in situations that may be against oneself.
Legal experts point out that if Trump testifies, he can open the door to possible civil and criminal liability and that everything he says can be used against him in a potential criminal case.
However, on the other hand, it is noted that his failure to testify based on Article 5 increases the risk of the jury making “negative inferences” against him and ruling against him, for avoiding answering questions during a criminal trial that may likewise be opened.
“BANANA REPUBLIC!”
New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on Trump and his children to testify as part of an investigation that lasted more than three years, in which he claimed that the value of assets such as skyscrapers and golf courses belonging to the Trump Organization has been misrepresented in financial statements for more than 10 years and alleged tax evasion.
Each time, Trump and his lawyers objected to the decision and declared that they did not have the documents requested by the attorney general’s office.
Two weeks ago, after a long process, the New York State Court of Appeals upheld the decision regarding the investigation that Trump should come to the court and testify.
A day later, a federal judge dismissed Trump’s attempt to issue a court order to stop the New York Attorney General’s investigation into him.
Trump’s children Donald Jr. and Ivanka Trump had previously testified within the scope of the related investigation, and it was reported that Trump planned to testify last month, but this was postponed due to the death of his ex-wife Ivana Trump.
Making a statement last night from the social media application he named “Truth Social”, Trump said, “Tomorrow I will see the racist Attorney General of New York. The biggest witch hunt in US history continues. My big company and I are being attacked from all sides. Banana republic!” used expressions.
DID TRUMP TAKE THE CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS?
The statement came after Trump’s Mar-A-Lago mansion in Florida was raided and searched for about 9 hours the previous day by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents as part of an investigation into the extraction of classified documents that should have been kept in the state archives.
While the FBI did not make a statement on the subject, the US press wrote that the search was related to some confidential documents lost in the White House.
It has often been claimed that Trump had secret records brought to his Florida residence during his tenure in the White House. According to some allegations, it was said that Trump threw away the documents he did not want, as well as keeping the documents he wanted.
Under US law, confidential presidential documents must be forwarded to the National Archives after the end of the term. However, it is known that Trump did not return all the documents in question. The documents are presumed to be transcripts of Trump’s meetings during his presidency.