Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he refused to answer questions from New York prosecutors — led by State Attorney General Letitia James — about his resort and real estate businesses.

“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, referring to the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

“I once asked, ‘If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?'” Trump said. “Now I know the answer to that question. When your family, your company, and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded, politically motivated Witch Hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors, and the Fake News Media, you have no choice.”

Trump added that the FBI’s Monday raid of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. — reportedly a search for presidential records that may contain classified information —  “wiped out any uncertainty” about whether to cooperate.

The ex-commander-in-chief showed up at a parking garage in the lower Manhattan building where one of James’ offices is located just before 9 a.m., rolling up in one of several black SUVs that escorted him.

Trump said in an extended statement afterward that James “openly campaigned on the policy of ‘Get and Destroy Trump.'”

“James developed a political platform and made a career out of maliciously attacking me and my business before she was even elected, or reviewed one of the millions of pages of documents we willingly produced,” the ex-president said.

“We cannot permit a renegade and out-of-control prosecutor to use this investigation as a means of advancing her political career.”

Trump added, “I did nothing wrong, which is why, after five years of looking, the Federal, State and local governments, together with the Fake News Media, have found nothing.”

The former president departed Trump Tower at 8:34 a.m. for 28 Liberty St. as a helicopter trailed him and his multi-car caravan. He left the downtown garage nearly seven hours later, at 3:20 p.m., as hundreds of tourists strained for a glimpse of the former commander-in-chief. 

“Just leaving the Attorney General’s Office – A very professional meeting,” the former president posted on Truth Social Wednesday afternoon. “Have a fantastic company with great assets, very little debt, and lots of CASH. Only in America!”

Among the throng was Judith M., a tourist from Argentina who was accompanied by her husband and two children. The 44-year-old told The Post a former political leader facing potential prosecution is common in her home country.  

“In Argentina this is normal, usual, the rule. The party in power tries to put the other side in jail. Now the Vice President who was president two times is being investigated in 10 separate investigations by the opposition party,” she said. “But I didn’t know they do this in the United States.

“President Trump is the most important,  the most powerful person in the world,” Judith M added. “What happens here will impact our country, the whole world, so we want to see.”

The deposition followed reports Tuesday that Trump would be grilled as part of a probe into the Trump Organization.

In a social media post, the 76-year-old Floridian confirmed the meeting, while grousing the probe is a “witch hunt” and claiming James is a “racist.”

James says her office has evidence that Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” valuations of its buildings, golf clubs and other assets to obtain loans and tax breaks.

Eric Trump, the former president’s son and a Trump Organization executive, defended his father on Truth Social.

“As my father sits for a deposition in front of the most corrupt New York Attorney General in the United States (Letitia James), I want to remind all all (sic) Americans EXACTLY who this evil woman is,” he seethed.

“The weaponization of the legal system – everything you are seeing – it is all a coordinated effort to stop what they know will happen in 2024.”

Reps for the AG did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The deposition follows years of delays, lawsuits and appeals in connection to the investigation — launched in 2019 based on the sworn congressional testimony of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

James recently postponed depositions for Trump and his adult children following the July passing of Ivana Trump. Ivanka and Donald Jr. have since been deposed.

“While we will not comment on specific details, we can confirm that today, our office conducted a deposition of former president Donald Trump,” a spokesperson for the AG’s office said in a statement.

“Attorney General Letitia James took part in the deposition during which Mr. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Attorney General James will pursue the facts and the law wherever they may lead. Our investigation continues.”

The Trump Organization’s finances are also the subject of a probe conducted by Manhattan prosecutors amid a slew of legal troubles faced by the former president.

The Department of Justice is also investigating Trump’s role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his culpability in the violent Jan 6., 2021, Capitol riot.

Meanwhile, Georgia prosecutors are mulling subpoenaing Trump in connection with an election fraud inquiry in the Peach State.

Trump has denied all accusations of wrongdoing as he considers launching a White House bid for the third consecutive presidential cycle.

Additional reporting by Priscilla DeGregory