Insider
- Video footage obtained by Insider shows Trump being deposed in the NY AG's investigation into his business.
- Trump repeatedly invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to answer questions.
- Trump previously questioned why an innocent person would plead the 5th.
Former President Donald Trump repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment when he was deposed last summer as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James' investigation into his business practices, according to footage obtained by Insider on Tuesday.
"This is the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country," Trump began in his seven-minute opening statement on August 10. "There has never been another president, or perhaps even another politician, who has been persecuted, harassed, and in every other way, unfairly treated like President Donald J. Trump."