NEW YORK (AP) Months before Donald Trump s defiant turn as a witness at his New York civil fraud trial , the former president came face-to-face with the state attorney general who is suing him when he sat for a deposition last year at her Manhattan office.

Video made public Friday of the seven-hour, closed-door session last April shows the Republican presidential frontrunners demeanor going from calm and cool to indignant at one point ripping Attorney General Letitia James lawsuit against him as a disgrace and a terrible thing.

Sitting with arms folded, an incredulous Trump complained to the state lawyer questioning him that he was being forced to justify myself to you after decades of success building a real estate empire thats now threatened by the court case.

Trump, who contends James lawsuit is part of a politically motivated witch hunt was demonstrative from the outset. The video shows him smirking and pouting his lips as the attorney general, a Democrat, introduced herself and told him that she was committed to a fair and impartial legal process.

James office released the video Friday in response to requests from media outlets under New Yorks Freedom of Information Law. Trumps lawyers previously posted a transcript of his remarks to the trial docket in August.

James lawsuit accuses Trump, his company and top executives of defrauding banks, insurers and others by inflating his wealth and exaggerating the value of assets on annual financial statements used to secure loans and make deals.

Judge Arthur Engoron, who will decide the case because a jury is not allowed in this type of lawsuit, has said he hopes to have a ruling by the end of January.

Fridays video is a rare chance for the public at large to see Trump as a witness.

Cameras were not permitted in the courtroom when Trump testified on Nov. 6, nor were they allowed for closing arguments in the case on Jan. 11, where Trump defied the judge and gave a six-minute diatribe after his lawyers spoke.

Here are the highlights from Trumps videotaped deposition:

YOU DONT HAVE A CASE

Telling James and her staff, you dont have a case, Trump insisted the banks she alleges were snookered with lofty valuations suffered no harm, got paid in his deals, and to this day have no complaints.

Do you know the banks made a lot of money? Trump asked, previewing his later trial testimony. Do you know I dont believe I ever got even a default notice and, even during COVID, the banks were all paid. And yet youre suing on behalf of banks, I guess. Its crazy. The whole case is crazy.

Banks want to do business with me because Im rich, Trump told James. But, you know what, theyre petrified to do business because of you.

Trump complained New York authorities spend all their time investigating me, instead of stopping violent crime in the streets.

He said theyd put his recently jailed ex-finance chief Allen Weisselberg through hell and back for dodging taxes on company-paid perks .

At a previous deposition in the case, in August 2022, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to answer questions more than 400 times. He said he did so because he was certain his answers would be used as a basis for criminal charges.