The New York attorney-general said that"no one is above the law" after a state court ruled the former US president must testify in a general civil probe.A New York judge has ruled that former United States President Donald Trump and two of his children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney-general's civil probe into their family company.
"No one will be permitted to stand in the way of the pursuit of justice, no matter how powerful they are. No one is above the law.": Today, a court ruled in our favor that Donald Trump must appear before my office as part of our investigation into his financial dealings. Alina Habba, one of Donald Trump's lawyers, accused Ms James of "selective prosecution and prosecutorial misconduct that this country has never seen," citing what she called the Democratic attorney-general's "vile disdain" for Mr Trump, a Republican.'President Trump is wrong': Mike Pence hits back at claim he could have overturned 2020 election
She described what she called misleading statements about the values of the "Trump Brand" and six Trump properties, saying the company may have inflated real estate values to obtain bank loans and reduced them to lower tax bills. He said the Trumps could refuse to answer questions, noting that Donald Trump's other adult son Eric Trump invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination more than 500 times when the attorney-general's office questioned him in 2020.