This side-by-side photo shows former President Donald Trump, left, and the exterior of Trump Tower, where the Trump Organization is headquartered.
Former President Donald Trump, left, and the exterior of Trump Tower, where the Trump Organization is headquartered.
  • A new transcript shows, in his own words, how Trump will fight civil fraud charges in NY next month.
  • "The banks made a lot of money" he said, calling claims he defrauded banks "crazy."
  • Trump also called his own financial filings "worthless," and said he hasn't run Trump Org in 8 years.

One Thursday this past April, former President Donald Trump sat down at a crowded conference table on the 16th floor of a lower Manhattan office building, and submitted to a day-long, court-ordered, pre-trial grilling.