By Tierney Sneed and Kara Scannell | CNNA video of the August deposition the New York Attorney General’s office took of former President Donald Trump, in which Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions, was released Tuesday. “Anyone in my position not taking the Fifth Amendment would be a fool — an absolute fool,” Trump said at the beginning of the deposition. Trump said he had “no choice” but to invoke the Fifth Amendment. Once the questioning — which included questions about his company’s financial statements and how the Trump Organization operated — got under way, Trump gave a canned response to refer to his invocation of his Fifth Amendment rights. The video released Tuesday spans about 37 minutes and covers the portions of the deposition transcript that had been previously released.

Source: CNN January 31, 2023 20:55 UTC