Now, whenever before seeing look at a remarkable legal event, the
former president of the United States under oath being questioned by
attorneys from the New York Attorney General's Office invoking the
5th amendment over and over and over. CBS News was first to obtain
this video. Let's bring it to you now with CNN's Carol Skinner joins
us. Kara, what do we learn? Yeah, John, so as you said, this was a
video deposition that Trump gave in August as part of the New York
Attorney General's investigation. And one of the things that Trump,
after he kind of goes through the initial meetings, he starts reading
this lengthy. Statement. And he had once said, if you're innocent,
why would you take the fifth? Well, let's listen to his explanation
of why he did now.
Anyone in my position not taking the 5th Amendment would be a fool.
An absolute fool.
One statement or answer that is.
Ever so slightly off. Just ever so slightly by accident, by mistake.
Such as it was a.
Sunny and beautiful day, when actually it was slightly overcast.
Would be met by law enforcement. Under the advice of my counsel, and
for all of the above reasons, I respectfully declined to answer the
questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen
under the United States Constitution.
And so Trump then went on to answer same answer to more than 400
questions that he was posed over the course of several hours. During
that interview, as you know, the New York Attorney General's office
did sue former President Donald Trump, his eldest children and the
company, saying that they engaged in a decade long fraud. She is
seeking $250 million. Now, Trump has denied any wrongdoing, but you
know, at the outset of this video, you can see there, Trump is in the
tight shot, but you can hear the New York Attorney General.
Letitia James in the room addressing him, explaining to him how this
deposition will take place. And he says that he understands and he
notes that he says he did very little to prepare and that he didn't
do anything wrong. But then he goes on to quote as part of his
statement, some of the quotes that Letitia James had made on the
campaign trail. Really having these two people, these two adversaries
in the room together where he is quoting back to her what she has
said. Truly a very unique moment. John.