During a deposition last year, former President Donald Trump had time to brag about his own successes, lament the nation's "broken" judicial system, and attack President Joe Biden.
E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist who also accused the former president of sexual assault in a separate complaint, filed a defamation claim against Trump on October 19 and demanded that he be deposed in that regard.
On Friday, a portion of Carroll's and Trump's depositions were made public.
According to the documents, Trump is as aggressive as usual: He attacked Carroll twice, misinterpreted her remarks once by saying she claimed "rape was sexy," and answered Roberta Kaplan, the opposing attorney, incoherently.
For this report, Kaplan declined to comment.
The former president started bragging about Truth Social when the opposing counsel inquired about the number of followers he had on the network, which is a social media equivalent to Twitter.
He asserted that over the previous few days, Truth Social had been "number one ahead of TikTok, number one ahead of Twitter, number one ahead of Instagram, and everyone else."
The ratings show that Truth Social is popular, he said.
What ratings Trump was referring to is unknown. Around the time of Trump's deposition, Truth Social's number of unique visitors was declining by two months, according to a November analysis from TheRighting, a business that tracks trends in right-wing media.
According to the data, the platform saw a decrease in users from 4.02 million in August to 2.95 million in October.
Carroll's attorney concentrated on one of Trump's comments made in a Truth Social post from October 12, 2022, in which Trump termed the rape allegations against him "hoaxes."
Kaplan questioned the process of creating the statement in a number of ways. Before having a lightbulb moment in the middle of his deposition, Trump emphasised that it was a Save America remark, making reference to one of the former president's fundraising platforms.
This was a Save America statement, which is actually very intriguing because it is saving America, discouraging others from acting in this way, and attempting to save — it's one significant component of saving America.
The attorney enquired as to whether Trump prepared the statement from October 12 himself and whether it had been reviewed by anyone. He sees a chance to criticise the president here.
"No. I wasn't required to. Unlike Joe Biden, "Added Trump.
Trump frequently complains about how the entire US court system seems to be biassed against him.
Letitia James, the attorney general of New York State, is pursuing a civil fraud case as one of many legal actions brought against the former president. Trump complained about it for a brief period of time.
"The systems in our nation, New York City, New York State, and our country as a whole are all broken. A faulty system exists "said he.
Trump criticises Anderson Cooper of CNN as well.
Carroll's lawyer inquired about a clip from Carroll's 2019 conversation with Cooper in which she discussed her dislike of the word "rape" and related issues.
The majority of people "think of rape as being sexy" and "think of the dreams," she said, adding that it "carries so many sexual overtones."
Trump misinterpreted Carroll's remarks at the deposition when he believed she had remarked "it was extremely sexy to be raped."
Trump dubbed Anderson Cooper's 360 show on CNN as "dumb" and a "poor ratings show" as he described how the tape was prepared.
After being questioned about the motivation behind his October 12 remark, a clearly irate Trump explodes in his deposition.
Trump threatens to sue Carroll and her attorney, Kaplan, who has been questioning him, after labelling Carroll's accusation a "fiction."
Because this is — how many instances do you have, I'll sue you as well, Trump said.
In a lawsuit alleging fraud against Trump and his three eldest children, Kaplan is also representing investors.
He reiterates that he will sue Kaplan, to which the attorney asks, "Are you finished?"
Trump says, "Yeah."
