Trump boasted, whined, insulted Joe Biden, and threatened to sue the lawyer interrogating him during his deposition in a defamation case.

 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."

In a lawsuit, Trump is charged with the unlawful death of Officer Brian Sicknick in the attack on the US Capitol.

 The estate of Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who died after addressing the disturbance on January 6, 2021, is bringing legal action against two of the attackers as well as former President Donald Trump for allegedly inciting the riot.

The legal complaint, which was submitted on Thursday in a federal court in Washington, DC, intensifies the difficulties facing the 2024 presidential candidate in relation to his attempts to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power after losing the election in 2020. Trump is already a defendant in a number of other civil litigation connected to January 6, where he claims his office exempts him from responsibility.

The day before the second anniversary of the Capitol attack, Sicknick's estate filed a lawsuit.

Attorneys for Officer Sicknick's estate and his partner Sandra Garza wrote in the complaint that while "Operator Sicknick and hundreds of others—including other police officers, elected officials, and rank-and-file workers at the Capitol—were put in mortal danger, and as the seat of American Democracy was desecrated by the insurgent mob, Defendant Trump watched the events unfold on live television from the safety of the White House." "The dreadful events of January 6, 2021, including the tragic, wrongful death of Officer Sicknick, were a direct and foreseeable result of the Defendants' unlawful activities," the court's ruling reads.

Additionally, the estate of Sicknick claims assault, negligence, and a conspiracy.

In his address prior to the Capitol brawl on January 6, Trump reportedly told his followers in Washington to "fight like hell" and "show strength," according to the lawsuit.

The two Capitol rioters cited in the lawsuit, Julian Khater and George Tanios, entered pleas of guilty to breaches-related offences last July. Later this month, they are scheduled for sentencing.

Khater used the bear spray that was in Tanios' backpack during the incident to spray Sicknick and other cops in the face, causing them to flee as the protesters advanced toward the Capitol steps.

The day after the Capitol breach, Sicknick passed away from natural causes after suffering numerous strokes, according to a 2021 report by the chief medical examiner for DC. According to the examiner, Francisco Diaz, "everything that happened" on January 6 "had a role in his state."

The most serious charge against the former president for being responsible for the uprising on January 6 is the Sicknick wrongful death claim.

The lawyers representing Sicknick are requesting more than $10 million in damages from the court.

Trump has already been the target of legal lawsuits filed by Democratic senators and other law enforcement officials in the wake of the attack on the Capitol. Trump may be held accountable for damages for his activities that contributed to the violence, according to a trial judge's decision, which is currently being reviewed by the federal appeals court in DC. The Sicknick complaint is probably going to follow in that lawsuit's legal footsteps if it is successful.

That pre-existing riot conspiracy case was also brought by some of the same attorneys who brought the Sicknick case. Following the incident, another attorney involved in the Sicknick case represented more Capitol Police officers.

Criminal investigations into the events of January 6 are still going on, and special counsel Jack Smith is now in charge of an inquiry into attempts by Trump supporters to sabotage Joe Biden's victory. Prosecutors have recently launched further investigations, including requesting records from the neighbourhood election officials. No charges have been brought against Trump.

Trump's tax returns: What to look for

Democrats last week made available six years' worth of former President Trump's tax returns as part of reports on the presidential audit programme, revealing that the previous leader wasn't subject to routine IRS audits and that he was consistently reporting significant business losses.

Trump's real tax returns for the years 2015 through 2020 will be made public on Friday, after Democrats claimed they needed more time to redact the documents and delete sensitive information.

Tax professionals don't anticipate significant surprises from the raw returns, which were detailed in studies from the partisan Joint Committee on Taxation and the Democratic-controlled Ways and Means Committee (JCT). However, the more comprehensive records may provide extra information on pertinent topics pertaining to Trump's enterprises and his professional life.

Trump's defeats in 2020 were they renewed?

Trump reported significant losses every year, typically in the tens of millions of dollars, offsetting his gains and lowering the amount of taxes he owed — and occasionally wiping out his tax due entirely, as in 2020. This was disclosed by the JCT analysis on Trump's taxes.

The losses from 2015 to 2018 were really only parts of a larger $105 million loss that was itself a piece of a $700 million loss that was split up and reported over various years.

For those in the real estate development industry who are permitted to declare routine depreciation costs as losses, these broken-up losses are standard accounting techniques.

Trump declared a positive income in 2019 and paid his taxes, but in 2020, he claimed to have lost money once more, which caused some to believe.

Trump declared a profit in 2019 and paid his taxes, but in 2020 he said he lost money again, leading some experts to speculate that his losses in that year went beyond clever accounting and represented actually failing enterprises.

"Net operating losses carried forward did not account for Trump's 2020 losses. Instead, I believe that Trump's losses in 2020 were genuine and largely the result of the commercial losses he experienced at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. And for that reason, he didn't pay any taxes in 2020, according to Steve Rosenthal of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, who wrote to The Hill in an email.

"Yes, Trump did experience significant losses in 2009, including a $700 million loss from his so-called "abandonment" of a partnership investment, some of which he carried over into 2010."

Trump's 2020 tax return may provide more insight into whether he avoided paying taxes that year due to accepted accounting principles or failing enterprises.

Information on international organisations and bank accounts

One of the main themes of Trump's presidency was his foreign connections, particularly the FBI investigation into his ties to Russia.

Any foreign bank accounts mentioned in Trump's tax returns or payments made to foreign organisations will undoubtedly be scrutinized and may reveal more information about Trump's connections abroad.

“I’m going to be looking for things like foreign ownership, foreign accounts, foreign ownership of Trump businesses, payments to foreigners,” Rosenthal said. “There’s bound to be some items that may yet pop out to external reviewers that [the JCT] missed.”

In an interview, retired CIA agent and journalist Frank Snepp stated: "Those of us who are interested in his relationship with Russia will be looking for any type of evidence of what Don [Trump] Jr. indicated in 2008 that Trump interests had received much of their money from Russian sources.

A forensic analyst would be well advised to seek for anything connected to the emoluments provision, he added. "Obviously we're not going to find in the tax returns a line that reads 'Russian Assets'," he said.

Trump oversaw significant shifts in the Middle East's political landscape as well, including the Abraham Accords, which saw Israel improve relations with a number of Arab countries.

Everyone who is concerned about whether or not he received any funding from Saudi Arabia will be on the lookout for signs of that kind of foreign involvement, according to Snepp.

The breakdown of Trump's businesses' profitability

Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee also received the tax returns for eight of Trump's businesses in addition to his personal taxes. Even while that only represents a small portion of Trump's almost 500 business organisations, knowing which ones contributed most to his losses will provide more light on his tax evasion and general business methods.

The eight business returns are divided into three groups, including two high-level holding companies, trademark LLCs, and golf clubs.

"Those two superior organisations are at the very top of Trump's LLC hierarchy. The numbers all roll into those, and I’d like to see some aggregate numbers there,” Rosenthal said.

The JCT report claims that an IRS agent working on Trump's 2018 business tax returns discovered a number of questionable losses that Trump had declared.

The agent made a number of "Large Unusual Questionable Items" (or "LUQs") for the year 2018, including a $12.1 million loss from the Trump Corporation. DJT Holdings suffered a loss of $55.2 million, according to the JCT report.

A "history of contentious talks between Mr. Trump's attorneys and IRS officials" was also addressed in the report.

Trump's trademark LLCs, in contrast to his real estate firms, are anticipated to be successful ventures thanks to the recognition he garnered during his reality television stint on NBC's "The Apprentice."