'Under the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons, I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution,' Trump said in a statement.
Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions from the New York attorney general at a scheduled deposition Wednesday.
Trump was seen leaving Trump Tower in New York City on Wednesday morning, and his motorcade arrived at the New York attorney general's office shortly after. In his statement Wednesday, Trump said, "Now I know the answer to that question" and decried James' investigation. The former President and the Trump Organization have previously denied any wrongdoing.
Ivanka Trump's deposition took place last week and Trump Jr. had his deposition in late July, people familiar with the matter said. Trump said in the 2007 deposition that the only person he dealt with in preparing the statements of financial condition was Weisselberg. "The property was valued very low, in my opinion, then and it became very -- it just has gone up," Trump said."I don't believe so, no," he said.