Previous President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment ideal against self-incrimination Wednesday through a deposition before attorneys from New York Lawyer Standard Letitia James’ business in its probe into the Trump Organization’s organization methods.

The deposition lasted 4 several hours, and the only problem the previous president answered was about his title, Trump attorney Ron Fischetti explained to NBC Information.

“I at the time requested, ‘If you are innocent, why are you using the Fifth Amendment?'” Trump claimed in a statement. “Now I know the remedy to that query. When your family, your organization, and all the persons in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded, politically inspired Witch Hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors, and the Faux Information Media, you have no option. Accordingly, beneath the advice of my counsel and for all of the earlier mentioned causes, I declined to reply the queries underneath the rights and privileges afforded to just about every citizen beneath the United States Structure.”

A spokesperson for the legal professional general’s workplace later on verified Trump had invoked the Fifth Modification.

“While we will not remark on particular particulars, we can ensure that currently, our workplace conducted a deposition of former president Donald Trump,” the spokesperson stated in a assertion. “Lawyer Typical Letitia James took part in the deposition throughout which Mr. Trump invoked his Fifth Modification proper in opposition to self-incrimination.”

Fischetti, who attended the deposition together with fellow Trump attorney Alina Habba, claimed Kevin Wallace of the New York Lawyer General’s Workplace conducted all of the questioning and that James was there for about two hours.

James’ office is contemplating irrespective of whether to file a civil suit against Trump and his company and has claimed in court docket filings that it has “uncovered considerable evidence establishing a lot of misrepresentations” in Trump’s fiscal statements to financial institutions, insurers and the IRS.

The economical statements were inflated by hundreds of millions of dollars and signed off on by the previous president, James has alleged.

Trump was questioned Wednesday about the valuations of a variety of items and golfing clubs, signing documents, mortgages, loans and the…