‘Greatest Witch Hunt’: Video Deposition Shows Trump Lambasting Probe, Pleading Fifth

In a video deposition released Tuesday, former President Donald Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment multiple times and denounced the New York State Attorney General’s probe against him as “the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country.”
Trump sat for a deposition under oath on Aug. 10, 2022, with the roughly 38-minute video released by New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ office on Jan. 31.
The investigation relates to a $250 million civil lawsuit filed in September 2022 by James against Trump, three of his adult children, and the Trump Organization, alleging fraudulent business practices.
During his deposition, Trump called James a “renegade and out-of-control prosecutor” who was out to score political points and denouncing the probe as a “politically motivated witch hunt” and a “vindictive and self-serving fishing expedition.”…}