letitia james took part in the deposition. cnn political reporter sara murray has more on all these developments. she s got new details on the fbi search of trump s florida home as well. reporter: donald trump wrapping up his appearance after nearly six hours at a new york deposition where he pleaded the fifth. which the former president once said was a move for mobsters. the mob takes the fifth. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? reporter: today trump changed his tune in a deposition led by letitia james office. part of a three-year civil probe into whether the trump organization misled lenders, insurers and tax authorities by providing false financial statements. for years they ve been going after my company. i once asked if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment, trump said in a statement. now i know the answer to that question. he claimed everyone in his orbit was a target, adding if there was any question in my mind, t
knock, john sullivan, the great one, michael bennet will all join us live tonight. here, more than 20 farmers have passed and scores of heavily armed fbi agents stormed into president trump s private home in mar-a-lago, for a raid. this is totally unprecedented. it should be deeply, deeply concerning to every american citizen. it should transcend politics. not only is president trump a former u.s. president, he is also biden s chief political rifle. so naturally, the white house is very short tonight on answers. take a look. on a given topic, the fbi has a search warrant on the former president punch of as a residence florida. was the president or anyone at the white house aware of that warrant, or has anyone at the white house with the president been briefed in the aftermath of that? no. the president was not brief, was not aware of it. no. no one at the white house was given a head. no, that did not happen. sean: let me be extremely clear, someone who is one of the le
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story on ballot drop boxes. the former president called him last week trying to overturn his 2020 defeat. last week as the speaker put it, i explained, it s not allowed under the constitution, adding, quote, he has a different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and stewing in mar-a-lago, but he is still at it. there were other warning signs today as well. rusty bowers, remember him, lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president and testified emotionally before the select committee. well, we learned he was just censured by the state party which declared him no longer a republican in good standing. in maryland they chose dan cox to be their republican nominee for governor. he once called on the former president to seize voting machines. he also sponsored buses to take people to the so-called stop the steal rally on january 6th and that afternoon he tweeted, mike pence is a traitor. so there s that. there s also this we got today hav
pointed i. understand it s not different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and doing in mar-a-lago. but he is still at it. and there were other warnings signs as well today. arizona house speaker rusty bowers, remember him? lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president. and testified a motion only before the select committee. well we learned he was just censured by the state party. which declared him no longer a republican in good standing. in maryland last, night primary voters chose dan, cox a proponent of the 2020 election like to be the republican nominee for governor. he once called on the former president to seize voting machines. he also sponsored buses to take people to the so-called, stop the steal rally on january 6th. and that afternoon, he tweeted, mike pence is a trader. so, there is. that there is also this that we got today, having to do with former white house aide garrett ziegler. according to new york times, h