Donald Trump recently took the Fifth Amendment in a deposition in a case in New York in which the New York attorney general is investigating the Trump Organization’s business practices and whether it made misstatements on financial documents. Taking the Fifth to me is a conundrum because every American has a right not to answer any questions under oath that might self-incriminate them. However, how will we find out the truth if people hide behind the Fifth? No person is above the law in America, and I have always asked the question, “Why is it that any president who has committed a crime, no matter what the size is, doesn’t have to testify or can be pardoned be in incoming president (as happened with Richard Nixon)?” At least, Nixon had some remorse for his crimes and did the responsible thing by putting his country and people first by resigning from the highest office in the land.
Donald Trump and the Fifth Amendment
Donald Trump and the Fifth Amendment
Donald Trump and the Fifth Amendment
Donald Trump recently took the Fifth Amendment in a deposition in a case in New York in which the New York attorney general is investigating the Trump Organization’s business practices and whether it made misstatements on financial documents. Taking the Fifth to me is a conundrum because every American has a right not to answer any questions under oath that might self-incriminate them. However, how will we find out the truth if people hide behind the Fifth? No person is above the law in America, and I have always asked the question, “Why is it that any president who has committed a crime, no matter what the size is, doesn’t have to testify or can be pardoned be in incoming president (as happened with Richard Nixon)?” At least, Nixon had some remorse for his crimes and did the responsible thing by putting his country and people first by resigning from the highest office in the land.