- Donald Trump was deposed in October 2022 in a defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll.
- During the deposition, Trump was combative and meandered in his answers to the opposing counsel.
- Trump boasted about his social media platform, threatened the counsel, and insulted Joe Biden.
Former President Donald Trump took moments to boast about his own accomplishments, complain about the country’s “broken” justice system, and insult President Joe Biden during a deposition last year.
On October 19, Trump was deposed for a defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist who has also accused the former president of sexual assault in a separate lawsuit.
An excerpt of Carroll’s and Trump’s depositions were unsealed on Friday.
The records show a combative Trump true to form: He repeatedly insulted Carroll — and at one point mischaracterized her words, claiming she said “rape was sexy” — and gave rambling answers to the opposing counsel, Roberta Kaplan.
Kaplan declined to comment for this story.
Here are some of the meandering moments from Trump’s deposition: