A video released Tuesday by various outlets, including CNN, shows Donald Trump during a hearing by the New York attorney general’s office in the tax evasion investigation against the Trump Organization.
During this hearing, the former president invoked the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution more than 400 times, which allowed him to remain silent and not answer questions from investigators, according to US television.
“Anyone in my position who does not accept the Fifth Amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool,” Donald Trump justified himself at the time.
Subsequently, New York State Attorney General Letitia James sued Donald Trump and several of his children in September, seeking $250 million in reparations on behalf of New York State, as well as bans on Donald from running businesses. Trump and his children, Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka. Trump and Eric Trump.
The former president then denounced a “witch hunt.”
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This use of the Fifth Amendment quickly backfired on Donald Trump. Just hours after the August 2022 hearing aired, internet users discovered another video of the 2016 debate against Hillary Clinton.
At the time, Donald Trump quipped, “If you’re innocent, why do you accept the Fifth Amendment?”
This case adds to several investigations that Donald Trump is the subject of. They could contaminate his campaign for the 2024 presidential election.
Source: BFM TV
