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Added on the 19/05/2021 17:28:40 - Copyright : France 24 EN
US Attorney General Merrick Garland says naming a special counsel to investigate Donald Trump is in the public interest because Trump has declared himself a candidate for the White House in 2024. SOUNDBITE
"The facts will reveal that in fact that she was very much involved," says New York Attorney General Letitia James about Ivanka Trump, daughter of former US President Donald Trump. "We uncovered this scheme and she benefited from it personally," James tells reporters outside the New York court where Ivanka Trump is due to testify in the New York civil case threatening to upend her father's real estate empire. SOUNDBITE
The convoy transporting Donald Trump arrives at the New York state attorney general's office, as the former US president is due to answer questions in a civil case that accuses him and three of his children of business fraud. IMAGES
Donald Trump shrugs off his possible indictment as he uses his first presidential campaign rally for the 2024 election to take aim at his political opponents. He tells the crowd in Waco, Texas that he is being investigated for something that "is not a crime, not a misdemeanor, not an affair." SOUNDBITE
Images of Donald Trump's convoy leaving the New York attorney general's office in New York City, after some six hours of questioning under oath over alleged fraud at his family business, having earlier vowed he would invoke his constitutional right to remain silent. IMAGES
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo "sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law," New York State Attorney General Letitia James says as she announces the conclusion of an investigation into allegations against the powerful Democrat. SOUNDBITE