Trump Admitted Under Oath He’s Lied About Taping Conversations to Intimidate People (Video)

“His Loose Associational Relationship with the Truth Becomes Problematic for Him’

Editor Tim O’Brien appeared on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” today, where he revealed that Donald Trump admitted under oath that he tried to intimidate the author by lying about recording their conversations.

As Raw Story reported, Donald Trump sued O’Brien over his 2005 book TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald, the “myth-busting biography” that asserted Trump, despite his claims, wasn’t a billionaire.

O’Brien prevailed in the defamation case, but Donald Trump’s 2007 deposition led to the now-president making at least 30 false statements.

 “His loose associational relationship with the truth becomes problematic for him when he’s confronted with documents that are contrary to things he’s said,” O’Brien told host Brian Stelter, detailing some of the aforementioned falsehoods.

During the deposition, Trump even admitted that his net worth “goes up and down” based upon “his feelings,” advising that they “can change rapidly from day to day.”

The two discussed Trump’s claims that he had recorded his conversations with James Comey, in which the fired FBI Director asserts that he felt Trump essentially directed him to drop his investigation into disgraced, former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

Trump said this week he’ll discuss the tapes, if they exist, “maybe sometime in the near future,” and added that the public will “be very disappointed when you hear the answer, don’t worry.” 

Host Brian Stelter turned the conversation back to O’Brien, noting that Trump had told the author he’d recorded their conversations when he was suing him. 

O’Brien recounted that over the years, Trump had developed a history of advising reporters he had recorded their conversations. “He said it multiple times during my interviews with him,” O’Brien said. “He said that into my own tape recorder when I recorded our interviews.”

“But when he sat down for the deposition, my attorney said, ‘Mr. Trump, do you have a taping system?’ and he said ‘no,’” O’Brien said, further recalling that his attorney pressed further, asking why Trump had said this to the author if it weren’t true.

“He essentially said, ‘I wanted to intimidate him,’” O’Brien said. You can watch the full exchange below:

Donald Trump committed this week to testifying under oath on his conversations with James Comey, which will likely include questioning on his alleged tapes.

 

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