New York State Attorney GeneralLetitia James said in a statement that she had found “significant evidence” that former president Donald Trump and his organisation, along with his children, “falsely and fraudulently valued multiple assets” and manipulated their values in to financial institutions for economic benefit.
Eric Trump reportedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights five hundred times when investigators from the New York Attorney General’s Office interviewed him in October 2020.
Below are five of the biggest allegationshe report detailed that when Eric Trump, the former president’s second son and his youngest from his first marriage to Ivana Trump, was examined, he only delivered extended prepared remarks objecting to the investigation and invoking the amendment to the US Constitution that defends against self-incrimination.
“Eric Trump then invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to more than 500 questions over six hours,” a supplemental verified petition from the attorney general’s office said.
At the same time, legal counsel for his brother Donald Trump Jr and sister Ivanka Trump participated in the examination.
Taking the fifth once earned the disapproval of his father, who famously said at a 2016 rally in Iowa: “You see the mob takes the fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment?”
