Trump pleads the fifth in New York business investigation | First Thing

Former president declines to answer questions two days after the FBI raided his Florida home seeking classified documents. Plus, how the culture wars came for drag queens

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Donald Trump declined to answer questions under oath yesterday in New York state's civil investigation into his business dealings, pleading the fifth two days after the FBI raided his Florida home in a separate criminal case, seeking classified documents taken from the White House.

Did Trump say anything about the case? According to the New York Times, Trump accused the attorney general of having openly campaigned on a policy of destroying me". Beyond that, from 9.30am to about 3pm, the former president had repeated the words same answer" to every question about valuations and golf clubs and all that stuff", his lawyer said.

What do most Americans think about abortion rights? According to a survey conducted between 27 June and 4 July by the Pew Research center, a majority of the public disapproves of the supreme court's decision to overturn Roe: 57% of adults disapprove of the court's decision.