Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Trump Pleads the Fifth During Deposition About Finances
justjared.comDonald Trump is pleading the fifth. The former President of the United States invoked the fifth amendment and refused to answer questions amid a deposition conducted by the New York attorney general on Wednesday (August 10), via CNN. “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. Click inside to read more… He was to be deposed by lawyers as part of an over three-year civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization misled lenders, insurers and tax authorities by providing them misleading financial statements.
In a post on Truth Social earlier in the day, he said: “My great company, and myself, are being attacked from all sides. Banana Republic!” The news comes as Trump‘s Florida home was raided by the FBI earlier in the week, and more details are still coming out.
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