“Same answer”: Trump pleads 5th 400 times

The Beat with Ari Melber

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Government, Daily News, Politics, News

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, January 31, and reports on the escalating pressure in several Trump legal cases, the latest twist in the George Santos melodrama, and Rep. Matt Gaetz’s latest appearance on “The Beat.” Eli Honig, Emily Bazelon, and Howard Dean join.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Beat Every One.
0:01.4	I'm Ari Melder.
0:02.4	There are new developments in several big Trump cases.
0:05.6	And I have a lawyer on hand who is breaking some news.
0:08.7	The video you may have already seen glimpses of,
0:10.6	although it broke just today, is Donald Trump under oath,
0:13.6	this never before seen video, new today in a clash,
0:17.1	it came from a legal case where, and it's important
0:20.8	remember the context for all the cliches we hear
0:22.8	about Donald Trump's delay tactics and strategy,
0:25.7	Donald Trump thought this and lost this.
0:29.0	The video you see on your television screen
0:31.2	is something that he spent a long time trying to avoid,
0:34.8	but he lost and cooperated with this New York Attorney General,
0:38.3	probe.
0:38.8	And here's what he said at the start.
0:42.5	Anyone in my position not taking the Fifth Amendment
0:45.8	would be a fool, an absolute fool.
0:48.4	They're respectfully declined to answer the questions
0:50.9	under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen
0:54.9	under the United States Constitution.
0:58.4	This will be my answer to any further questions.
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